The Mystery That Surrounds Autism
Autism is a medical condition that affects a person’s growth development. When a person is diagnosed with this condition, they have problems with their motor, social communication and intellectual skills.
There is a term in the autistic world that is referred to as “spectrum disorder”. This refers to the severity of autism or lack thereof. The person can either be slightly autistic or severely autistic.
The signs for autism vary for different people. One of the biggest signs that can provide a hint to this condition is their social skills. Within this sign and others, there are other things that can provide clues as to whether or not a person may be autistic, such as:
* Very little eye contact with other people
* Their tone of voice is either high or flat
* Speech patterns from children that are different from the norm and are constantly
repetitious
* Extremely sensitive to sound or crowds of people
* Have a hard time making and keeping friendships
* Not able to verbally interact with others on a regular basis
* Extremely sensitive to light
* Motor skills are not up to par
* Doesn’t express interest in a lot of things (maybe one or two)
There are some times where you can’t tell if a person has autism, simply because they can carry on a conversation as though they did not have the condition. There are also those that are in between that can talk, but are not able to focus on carrying on a simple conversation.
Studies show that more of this condition is found in males than in females, which puts them at a greater risk. It has also been noted that a link to autism can be found in families. If there is one person that has been diagnosed as being autistic, more than likely the next brother or sister may be the same way.
Also, if there are twins and one has been diagnosed as such, the other twin sibling may be as well. Even with this, it doesn’t mean that genetics is the sole autism link. It also doesn’t mean that a single gene is responsible for causing it. There could be other factors involved.
Research regarding autism links has been conducted by scientists. In this case, the environment was looked at as a cause. Some of the factors that came out of this included electronics, toxin exposure and radiation exposure from numerous ultrasounds for women that were expecting.
One of the biggest and most talked about possibilities to date is a link between autism and vaccines. This theory has been heavily debated and is continuing. There have been studies that stated that certain vaccines did contribute to autism.
On the other hand, there were some people that dispelled the notion that this could be true. However, even with that, there has not been a solid connection regarding whether or not vaccines are a link to autism.
Since there is not definitive answer, all that can be done now is to continue research and conducting studies to see if there will ever be a link to what causes this developmental condition.
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I hope you learn something about Autism from this article. I had a lot of incentive to write this particular article, because I was diagnosed “Autistic Like” when I was 5 years old.
Today, I’m a “high functioning Autistic 46 year old male. I still have my limits what I can handle and what I can’t. It took me a long time to know how to deal with it. So I want everyone to know there is “hope” for Autistic kids.
To read more of my story, you can go here:
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Thanks for reading this article and for visiting my blog.
Scott Allen Barker
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