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fair_haired_lass Vice Captain
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 Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:09 am
 The definition of Autism according to the Autism Society of America;
AUTISM is a severely incapacitating lifelong developmental disability that typically appears during the first three years of life. It occurs in approximately fifteen out of every 10,000 births and is four times more common in boys than girls. It has been found throughout the world in families of all racial, ethnic and social backgrounds. No known factors in the psychological environment of a child have been shown to cause autism.
The symptoms are caused by physical disorders of the brain. They include:
1. Disturbances in the rate of appearance of physical, social and language skills.
2. Abnormal responses to sensations. Any one or a combination of senses or responses are affected: sight, hearing, touch, pain, balance, smell, taste, and the way a child holds his body.
3. Speech and language are absent or delayed while specific thinking capabilities might be present.
4. Abnormal ways of relating to people, objects and events.
Autism occurs by itself or in association with other disorders which affect the function of the brain such as viral infections, metabolic disturbances, and epilepsy. It is important to distinguish autism from retardation or mental disorders since diagnostic confusion may result in referral to inappropriate and ineffective treatment techniques. The severe form of the syndrome may include extreme self-injurious, repetitive, highly unusual and aggressive behavior. Special educational programs using behavioral methods have proven to be the most helpful treatment.
What do you think?
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Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:55 pm
Welll, actually:
~ Autism occurs in five more times in boys than girls.
~ It happens in shorter; one in every 150 people.
Just some canadian facts biggrin
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fair_haired_lass Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:31 am
Those aren't only canadian facts, but worldwide facts. ^^
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 4:16 pm
fair_haired_lass Those aren't only canadian facts, but worldwide facts. ^^ I stand corrected. 3nodding 3nodding
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 6:21 pm
I just want to say that this is a great forum and I am glad to be a part of it. smile
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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 5:08 am
To go with this forum I'm going to post a link to the National Autistic Society for all the UK members: National Autistic SocietyI hope this would provide useful information to everybody. For those who don't live in the UK you can still look at it. I know a lot of good websites giving information on speech and language difficulties. If you want to know more, please send me a message. Thank you
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:35 pm
iPawky Welll, actually: ~ Autism occurs in five more times in boys than girls. ~ It happens in shorter; one in every 150 people. Just some canadian facts biggrin I've always heard its a 4:1 male to female ratio and 1 in 1,000 births. sad We should look it up...
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Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:12 am
I don't know. I am frigging confused. I was told that I had apsergers and autism...
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Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 7:10 pm
"Number of peoples who've eated me ;-;"
You must be made of good stuff domokun
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Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 12:05 pm
It actually depends though.
My autism affects my hearing, sometimes even my voice level too and I've always been yelled at by teachers for talking loud but I really dont in my mind. I hate loud noises to and in real life I'm extremely shy around those I know. I cant even go to places without my parents there every step of the way. I always get so nervous when people talk to me because I just got scared I guess.
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