| If you are worried that someone you love with | | | | Some believe it is their genes. |
| autism will not enjoy life to the full then read on. | | | | According to National Autism Association autism is |
| Autism is an arrested development. It hampers | | | | no longer considered heritable and a genetic |
| development in a human being and occurs | | | | disorder. Environmental conditions are contributory |
| normally in children | | | | factors to autism. It is believed that it is |
| Study show that it is the fastest growing | | | | environmentally triggered and is a preventable and |
| development disability and there is a worldwide | | | | treatable disease. Research in the environment |
| autism epidemic. This article will try to identify | | | | has brought hope to those affected by autism |
| causes, diagnosis methods and steps to deal with | | | | and therefore environmental analysis to causes of |
| autism. | | | | autism holds the key to finding the cause and |
| Did You Know That... | | | | developing effective treatment for autism. |
| • 1 in every 150 babies born has Autism ( and | | | | Yet you will hear theories of many causes of |
| in some reports it is even greater then that) | | | | autism, but no one has found the exact cause of |
| • Families with one autistic child have a 2 to 8 | | | | autism |
| percent chance of having another autistic child. | | | | Psychologists, Psychiatrists, School psychiatrists |
| • Boys are three to four times more likely to | | | | and Developmental Paediatricians use methods |
| be diagnosed with Autism. | | | | such as, M-CHAT (Modified checklist for Autism in |
| • Mental retardation is present in 75-80% of | | | | Toddlers), CARS (Child Autism Rating Scale), |
| individuals with autism. | | | | Autism Diagnostic Checklist Form E-2 and ADOS |
| • Autism occurs more often than childhood | | | | (Autism Diagnostic Observation Scale) to diagnose |
| cancer or cystic fibrosis. | | | | autism. |
| • Autism is the fastest growing developmental | | | | In the 1950’s-1970’s mothers whose |
| disability. In the U.S. alone, autism increased by | | | | children were affected with autism were labelled |
| 172% during the 1990s. | | | | ‘’Refrigerated Mothers’’. It was |
| • When autism is detected and treated early, | | | | believed that mothers were not loving and |
| costs associated with the disorder can be reduced | | | | neglecting their children which cause them to |
| by 66%. | | | | regress into their own world. But environmental |
| It is believed that one in every 150 children | | | | analysis has changed this notion and believed that |
| diagnosed is affected by autism. Parents love their | | | | autism has a direct link to the environment. |
| children and it is a joy to bring another human | | | | Diagnostic methods are available to help cure |
| being into the world. The Bible says that children | | | | autism and is been used by professionals. Early |
| are a gift from God. | | | | detection of autism will decrease cost of autism. |
| It is so painful and heartbreaking to discover that | | | | Parents should be assured that your efforts to |
| your child is affected by autism. Many parents | | | | cure autism will be rewarded. |
| blame themselves for their child’s autism. | | | | |