Autism

Paper Summary:

This paper explains that children with autism do not follow the correct development milestones and thus suffer from various forms of speech and cognitive defects. The author points out that, from a very young age, children often start exhibiting symptoms of autism such as lack of proper eye contact, appearing deaf and pretending as if he or she cannot see the people around him or her. The paper reports that the actual cause of this disorder remains an unsolved mystery ranging from some defect in the brain chemistry to faulty genes.

Table of Contents
Introduction to Autism
Symptoms of Autism
Social Development in Autistic Children
Communication Problems
Causes of Autism in Children
Prevalence
Autism Research and Breakthroughs

From the Paper:

"Patricia Rodier is of the view that this mutation of gene could be the result of a drug that some women take during pregnancy. But Rodier is not the only scientist to maintain that autism exists prenatally, there are some other researchers who have presented theories that support this view. It is very interesting that scientists normally do not give views in favor of or against any particular research findings. Instead most scientists have developed their own theories, each one being more intriguing than the other."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Stokstad, Erik, Development: New Hints Into the Biological Basis of Autism. , Science, 10-05-2001
• J. Madeleine Nash, The Secrets of Autism THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM AND ASPERGER'S IN THE U.S. IS EXPLODING. WHY?. , Time, 05-06-2002, pp. 46+.
• Geoffrey Cowley ,Understanding Autism. , Newsweek, 07-31-2000, pp. 46.
• KATHIE DURBIN, Columbian, AUTISM: out of the shadows - a glimmer of hope researchers work to unlock the mystery of autism and determine why it's on the upswing. , The Columbian, 03-20-2002
• Nancy Shute ; ; Nancy Shute, A maddening disconnect. , U.S. News & World Report, 06-05-2000, pp. 54.

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