AUTISM Autism can be defined as a severe disorder of communication and behavior which can develop anywhere from birth to about thirty months. Autism is a severely incapacitating, bio-neurologically caused, life-long developmental disability that has been found throughout the world in f...

Autism Detected in approximately four to five of every ten thousand births (Powers 10), autism is a widely misunderstood disease. General knowledge of autism, often mistaken, is derived from films such as Rainman. These unrealistic films feature autistic characters who are portrayed as being ex...

What is Wrong with Your Child? : Autism as a Social Problem? What is a social problem? An easy way to describe my definition of a social problem is to believe a social problem is a controversial issue, which effects or has ability to effect a great percentage of the population. It is an issue th...

Abstract Autism spectrum disorder is a disorder marked by developmental delays, or abnormal functioning, resulting in impaired reciprocal social interaction, impaired communication and language, and a restricted, repetitive pattern of behaviors, interests, and activities. However, 10% of the aut...

Introduction "We start with an image-a tiny, golden child on hands and knees, circling round and round a spot on the floor in mysterious, self-absorbed delight. She does not look up, though she is smiling and laughing; she does not call our attention to the mysterious object of her pleasure....

Autism is a severe developmental disorder, which if left unchecked, can usually progress to developmental disabilities at a young age. The causes of this disorder are largely unknown. It includes genetic and environmental factors. Symptoms may be present from, or even before birth, or appear grad...