Autism-World

Asperger’s Syndrome is on the spectrum of a developmental disorder named Autism. Asperger’s Syndrome is called AS for short. It’s a mild case of autism, perhaps the most mild type of autism. Not like people with PDD-NOS and Williams Syndrome, children born with Asperger’s usually have some natural gifts at the same time, for example, [...]

I collected imformation of top 10 autism conferences in the year of 2010. Maybe the list doesn’t include all of them, so you are welcome to tell us the new ones. It’s just a brief introduction on this page, if you want to knon the details, click the title of every conference.
1. 41st Annual Autism [...]

Research has found out that animals think the way like autism savants. Even some people with autism claimed that their thinking processes are like an animal’s. Animals are visual thinkers, they store their memories with pictures. In other words, animals make visual associations, just like autistic people. Fear is the most important emotion in animals, [...]

People with autism usually lack of social skills. Making friends could be a really tough mission for autistic children, because they always avoid looking at others in the eye, repeat the words they said a lot to drive people crazy, and they often choose to be alone as it is hard for them to get [...]

It can be difficult for people who have grown up to get an diagnosis for autism, because they are independent and talented, although sometimes they seem not very good at communication and impair of imagination, people take it as personality but nothing else.
There is a mild case of autism called Asperger’s Syndrome (AS),also known as [...]

I collected imformation of these autism conferences in the year of 2009. Maybe the list doesn’t include all of them, so you are welcome to tell us the new ones. It’s just a brief introduction on this page, if you want to knon the details, click the title of every conference.
1. APAC09, Asia Pacific Autism [...]

To help aid a hyperlexic child’s communication, it is important to make a program for a child rather than trying to make a child fit into a program (Kroll). Developing the intent to communicate is of great importance. Allowing the child to take the leading role and then following their lead is the easiest way [...]

In South Korea, it was popular that parents take babies born for only weeks to learn english. Recently, it’s fashionable to make babies learn yoga, philosophy, even walking. These inappropriate early education are not healthy for infants, after having too much lessons, many babies display autistic tendencies. Doctor Sun from Institute of Cognitive emotional and [...]

April 2nd of 2008 is the first World Autism Day, which was designated by the United Nations General Assembly following the adoption of the Qatari resolution at the end of 2007.
Autism is a kind of neurodevelopmental disabilities. Children with autism show symptoms like communication problem, repetive behaviors and limited interests, and so on. Autism can [...]

Babies from one and a half month old to two months old are very sensitive to television. Eleven months old babies can understand certain sencearios in TV, once they sit before the TV, they would be very quiet and watching TV. However, it’s not good for the baby to watch too much TV, the infant [...]

A famous psychiatric, Michael Fitzgerald from Trinity College, Dublin has claimed that many geniuses in the fields of science, politics and the arts have achieved success because they had Asperger’s syndrome(AS), a mild form of Autism.
Michael Fitzgerald said that lots of geniuses showed autistic traits, such as Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, George Orwell and H [...]

Autism is one kind of developmental disabilities which is characterized by impaired social interaction, problems with communication skills, repetitive behaviors and limited activities and interests. According to the surveys, there’s one autistic children out of 150 kids in America, one out of 1000 in Canada. Boys are more prone to autism than girls.
The cause of [...]

It really depends on how severe is the condition. There is no prediction possible as to when the child will speak – if at all. How much verbal communication is also unpredictable. Some autistic children will be able to converse whereas some may only use disjointed words or even display what is known as “echolalia” [...]

There have been reliable studies done showing a link between pitocin given to induce or speed up labor and autism.
It is important to remember though that correlation does not equal causation.
Some researchers believe that the child would have been born with Autism with or without the pitocin, but that the the need for the pitocin [...]

The signs of autism are not noticed until after 12-18 months, because everyone’s brain develops the same until around that age. At that point, the autistic’s brain will begin to develop differently.
Vaccinations have been blamed for this because they are given around this age. There have been lots of studies and research dollars poured into [...]

Social phobia is the fear of being in public, around others. The person can otherwise be normal, functioning, even have a family. The problem is they fear going places where other people will be, like the store, the park, an appointment??anywhere where they might come into contact with another person.
Asperger’s is generally characterized not by [...]

The best way to learn of the unique characteristics of autistic children is to talk to parents who have raised their children with autism. There are so many ways to tailor interaction to help Autism Spectrum Children to integrate into society that it would be difficult to say what works for one child would work [...]

Autism is a neurodevelopmental disability. It affects communication, social developement, and behaviors. Autism is different for every person that has it. Some may have some speech and love to be by people, while others may be very reclusive and nearly mute. It is often more difficult for children with autism to reach milestones in life. [...]

It depends on the severity of the autism. Autism has severe effects most dealing with the inability to communicate or function in normal society. It can slow their speech development, even some motor skills.
Autism is not a hobby, its a way of living, without other choice. Autistic children do not show emotion. They see people [...]

Autisn is a name that describes a disease with many different levels of severity. There are several different names used to describe some of the different levels of severity.
Technically, there is one diagnosis that is Autism. However, many people refer to the Pervasive Developmental Disorders as disorders on the Autism Spectrum.
These include of course Autism, [...]

How to deal with children with autism? Here’s some key words you should know:
1.Autism Diagnosis
Autism can be diagnosed at the age two or three.At present,we cannot diagnose it through theserum test and brain CT. So,clinically,autism can only be diagnosed by a expert from the child’s behavior.
2.Training
Autism and the related syndromes is one kind of special [...]

Most people who suffer with autism also have learning difficulties to some degree. Autism is a ’spectrum’, whereby different people suffer different degrees of severity. Occasionally on one end of the spectrum, you see an unusually gifted individual, but this is the rarity.It is said that 10% of autistics will have splinter skills.

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A very simple terminology to describe autism will be ” psychological disability of infants and children , sometimes carried forward to adult hood”.
But there are too many variations. Some children even though brilliant are speech less. Autism can get combined with mental retardation and / or physical disability.
In the most classic cases of autism the [...]

This is going to be frustrating, because many of the signs and symptoms, for these three disorders, are very similar. Keep in mind the following:
Autism and Asperger’s affect mostly boys (approx 75% of cases), Rett’s is associated only with girls. Rett’s has many Autistic-like symptoms, but also includes a higher incidence of seizures, other neurological [...]

“Autism Spectrum Disorder” covers quite a wide spectrum.I just came from an autism workshop & there were a few parents there whose kid, if you were to offer a choice of an apple or banana by showing a picture of an apple & banana, wouldn’t get it. You’d have to present the actual fruit.The other [...]

There’s some Characteristics that autism and mental retardation share in common:
1. Echolalia. This involves repetion of things that others say. For example, you would say to the child “put your toys away” and the child would repeat it back. The child would not be thinking about the content of the words. It would be an [...]

Actually, I’d place Rainman at the moderate-severe end of the Autism Spectrum.
Mild Autism would present itself with a language delay, lack of full eye contact, possibly sensory integration issues, social and/or behavioral issues.
Autism is so different in every individual, so it is really hard to tell. Look at the list of signs and symptoms, and [...]

Q: I mean I know some of it, rain man and the creation of a personal world, but there is so much controversy and so many claims made about it, I just don’t really know what autism is.
Answer:
The “rain man” is a savant and they are rare.Autism is a spectrum disorder meaning that it varies [...]

Autism is a developmental disorder that affects a person’s ability to communicate. Most people with autism have difficulty communicating their wants/needs, feelings, etc. Children with autism have deficits in communication, social skills, self-help skills (pottying, handwashing, toothbrushing, etc). Most children with autism have poor eye contact and referencing skills. One of the first signs of [...]

The cerebellum is probably the main structure that is being studied in cases of autistic disorder. According to Fatemi et al. (2003) the cerebellum plays an important role in movements, coordination and learning and may be involved with language, sensory and cognitive developments; it receives sensory and motor input and regulates these systems mostly by [...]