I am a lone parent of three beautiful children with an unusual passion for science especially medical and biology. Last year I completed a biomedical science degree and I am due to start my masters later this year.
I live in the U.K
The term autism refers to a range of lifelong related neurological developmental disorders, that is thought to affect approximately 1 in 100 people (NAS 2010) The symptoms of autism can vary from one affected person to another in terms of how they manifest and in severity, but the three consistent areas of difficulty a person with autism experiences are with social interaction, communication/language difficulties and unusual patterns of thought, other associated characteristics of autism are repetitive behaviour, a dislike/resistance to change and obsessions. Communication/language difficu...
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