What is Autism?
As a student at a disability-friendly school, I wanted to know more about different kinds of disabilities and disorders that can affect the brain for students to cause them to not be able to learn and live like normal teenagers. Hitting the Internet, I started to look for these disabilities and disorders and found out about Autism.
I have heard of Autism before, but never actually got the understanding of what it actually was. All I knew was that it was a disorder than affected people and how they were psychologically and socially. It had sparked my interest and I started to research what it was.
Pronounced [aw-tih-zum], Autism is known to be the most common disorder that affects the brain in children in today’s society. It used to be that it was a rare disorder about ten years ago but it has been affecting more children, an increase of 600% from ten years ago. It now affects 1 in 150 children around the world and doctors still do not understand what actually causes this disorder. Parents who find out that their child is autistic are overwhelmed on that fact and struggle to come to terms that their child will never be ‘normal’.
I have heard of Autism before, but never actually got the understanding of what it actually was. All I knew was that it was a disorder than affected people and how they were psychologically and socially. It had sparked my interest and I started to research what it was.
Pronounced [aw-tih-zum], Autism is known to be the most common disorder that affects the brain in children in today’s society. It used to be that it was a rare disorder about ten years ago but it has been affecting more children, an increase of 600% from ten years ago. It now affects 1 in 150 children around the world and doctors still do not understand what actually causes this disorder. Parents who find out that their child is autistic are overwhelmed on that fact and struggle to come to terms that their child will never be ‘normal’.
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