Symptoms and treatment of autism 10 Articles

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by M. Cotton

What Is Autism? Autism is a "disability" that has many faces. In fact, there are no two cases of autism exactly alike so effective treatment has to be individualized. Autism is NOT a guarantor for low intelligence, ther...read more

by Pat Lunsford

Symptoms and treatment of autism vary widely, depending on the individual. Autism is a pervasive developmental disorders (PDD) which impacts normal brain function, impairing social and communication abilities. Early detect...read more

by Melinda Clayton

Perhaps it was at your child's first birthday party, or on his first day of school. You don't remember exactly when you first noticed that he was a little behind the other children. Those initial fears began to creep in,...read more

by Carolyn Hensel

All people with autism have difficulty with social interactions and relationships. Parents often describe their child with autism as preferring to play alone and making little eye contact with other people.Signs of autism ...read more

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by LaVonne Redelinghuys

According to a 2007 CDC report, autism rates in the United States are around 1-in-150 and appear to be climbing with no sign of abatement. It is imperative that every parent and every child caregiver (grandparents, day car...read more

by Jim Mcfalls

With the frequency of autism reaching epidemic levels at one in every one-hundred and fifty births, parents should be vigilant as their children grow and develop during the first 5 years of life. There are three crit...read more

by Philippa Okeke

Autism is a lifelong developmental condition. It can effect the thought, speech and behavior of an individual. Each person diagnosed with autism may show the condition differently, and hence autism is described as 'spectru...read more

by Anne Penny

SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT OF AUTISM It is a shock to learn that your child has autism. You knew something wasn't right, but now you have a name for it. Your first question, naturally: " What exactly IS autism?" Autism m...read more

by Angeline Oppenheimer

Autism is a complex developmental disorder that affects the brain's normal development of social and communication abilities. The symptoms typically show up before the age of three and are characterized by these broad are...read more

by Barrie Silberberg

Autism is a spectrum disorder and recently the current term for the disability is ASD or Autism Spectrum Disorder. Not all children with ASD have the same symptoms. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disord...read more