Language Disorder Autism
             All children in the United States have the right and should be allowed to attend public schools. Children should not be discriminated against because they are handicapped or have a learning disorder. The law states that all children have the right to attend public school and get the help and attention that they need in order to successfully complete school. The purpose of this paper is to educate the reader about the developmental problems associated with the disorder known as autism and the problems children face in school.
             Autism is a developmental disorder that causes a child to be unable to communicate with others in a normal way. According to Leo Kanner, (1943) autistic people are limited to their need for a predictable routine, and by the inability to learn normal speech. Kanner believes that this type of developmental disorder is rare and a more common disorder that is often mistaken for autism is Asperger syndrome. Asperger syndrome is a disorder where children can master verbal skills, but has problems with social perceptions and skills. It has been shown by research that boys are more likely to be autistic than girls are. It is impossible to determine if an infant is autistic at birth because they appear to be normal happy babies, most children are diagnosed by the time that they reach the age of three. Children that are artistic lack communication skills, social skills, and they do not engage in imaginary play.
             When a child is at the age that they should be talking and making friends autistic children are unable to talk and they do not want to be around others, they tend to be loners. An autistic child will do the same activity over and over again instead of getting bored with it and moving on to something else. According to Holroyd and Baron-Cohen, 1993; Ziatas et al., 1998 autistic children do not have the theory of mind. They can not comprehend the thoughts, feelin...