autism

     

Autism is a brain evelopment disorder that impairs social interaction and communication, and causes restricted and repetitive behavior, all starting before a child is three years old. This set of signs distinguishes autism from milder autism spectrum disorders (ASD) such as Asperger syndrome.

Trivia about autism

  • In 1943 Drs. Leo Kanner & Hans Asperger each used this word for the then-unnamed disorder they were studying
  • "Facilitated communication" tries to reach kids who have this withdrawn condition
  • The narrator of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time” has this developmental condition
  • Asperger's syndrome is a high-IQ form of this condition that isolates kids from the world
  • Scientist & author Temple Grandin overcame this alienating condition, from the Greek for "self" or "same"
  • It's estimated that 1 in 150 children in the U.S. have this disability whose name is partly from the Greek for "self"