| Save if you have an autistic child
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| | studies, there is no known cause for
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| yourself or know of one, many of you
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| | autism. There are many that say that
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| would probably get to know what autism is
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| | environmental factors are major
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| through watching the movie Rain Man. In
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| | contributors.
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| the movie, Dustin Hoffman was brilliant
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| | The DSM IV (Diagnostic and Statistical
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| as the autistic adult. The movie also
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| | Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth
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| highlighted many of the frustrations
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| | edition) lays out a complex criteria for
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| faced by families with dealing with an
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| | diagnosing autism in children and adults,
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| autistic child or adult. It sheds light
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| | but in general the symptoms of autism
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| on the daily realities that a
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| | include:
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| high-functioning autistic person must
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| | - Delays (or the loss of) physical,
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| face. Despite the movie, there are still
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| | social and language skills.
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| many myths surrounding autism.
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| | - Abnormal reactions to sensation
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| It is important to get to know what
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| | - Speech and language delays or
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| autism is as recent statistics show
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| | abnormalities while associated thinking
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| alarming figures indicating the
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| | skills may be present
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| prevalence of this condition. Autism is a
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| | - Abnormal ways of relating to people,
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| brain disorder that affects an estimated
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| | objects and events.
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| 210,000 people in the United States. This
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| | If you have just discovered that your
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| comes up to approximately 1.5 per 1000
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| | child is autistic, you may find it
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| people. Many advocacy groups are alarmed
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| | challenging to deal with the amount of
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| that autism cases have risen
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| | information and myths that are floating
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| exponentially since 1993, the first year
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| | around. Additionally, there are plenty of
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| that data for autism was submitted
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| | social and emotional issues that you have
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| separately to the Department of
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| | to handle. For instance, you may even
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| Education. Their reactions are based on a
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| | find that others have a bias towards you
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| staggering 800% increase of cases with
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| | if they still believe in autism comes
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| autism in the last ten years. Despite
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| | from bad parenting. You may also feel
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| this set of statistics, many are not
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| | bewildered by the vast number of
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| convinced by the data. They believe that
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| | treatments that are available to autistic
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| there has been a fundamental flaw in data
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| | children and yet at the same time,
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| collection. Reasons include the loosening
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| | bitterly disappointed by the lack of
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| of diagnostic criteria for autism as well
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| | understanding shown by mainstream schools
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| as the fact that the figures were
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| | and medical facilities.
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| understated years ago as hardly anyone
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| | Personally, I did not have much support
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| knew what autism was then.
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| | and help when my daughter first got
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| Autism is an umbrella term that refers to
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| | diagnosed by a psychologist. The
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| a broad range of developmental delays and
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| | psychologist did not present me with any
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| disorders. It is usually first noticed in
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| | comforting thoughts nor recommend
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| a child when he or she is three years of
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| | alternative therapies. I have been
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| age. Parents of autistic children will be
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| | largely left to my own devices to search
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| saddened to find out that autism is a
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| | for appropriate treatments and therapies
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| lifelong condition.
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| | for my child. What I do find useful to
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| Many years ago, autism symptoms are often
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| | share from my own experience is that
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| attributed to cold parenting or unloving
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| | early detection is of great importance.
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| parents. Medical doctors no longer
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| | Knowing what autism is and what to look
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| believe that there is any psychological
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| | out for helps in early detection and
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| cause for autism. Despite numerous
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| | identification of this condition.
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