utism is disorder that effects brain development. It is commonly characterized by repetitive behaviors like counting and stacking. It also tends to impair social skills and the ability to communicate with others. The signs of autism can be detected in very young children, even under the age of three. It affects six out of every thousand people and is four times as likely to affect boys as girls. Many more cases of autism are reported today compared with twenty years ago, but it is not clear whether it is becoming more common or if reporting is increasing with better understanding of the disorder.

Autism affects the brain in ways that are not completely understood. If parents notice symptoms early enough then behavioral intervention can help children develop social skills, but there is no way to cure them of disorder. One sign of autism is a child that does not smile or pay attention to other people. They are less likely to make eye contact and are much more likely to communicate by grabbing a parent’s hand. Autistic children will not often mimic or even respond to different expressions or emotions, a common way that children learn basic social skills. Most autism sufferers will not be capable of living on their own as adults, although a small number are able to live independently.

The major social skill that autistic people lack is the ability to understand the intentions of other people. This is a skill that most of us take for granted. For a person with autism, being among people, even people they have known all their life, is like being among an alien race. They are not able to understand any of the non-verbal communication that makes up such a large part of human interaction.

Autism can be displayed in different levels of severity. More than a third of autism sufferers do not develop speech skills enough to be fully functional. This stunted development can be tracked from the first year of life when autistic children babble less than other children. They may also exhibit unusual gestures and vocal patterns and fail to coordinate their vocal patterns with those of the caregiver. As children get older, they are less likely to make requests or share their experiences, both signs of a lack of connection with other people.

Highly functional autistic people can have excellent vocabularies and spelling and be very well spoken. But they still have trouble with complicated language tasks like reading comprehension or inferences. Concepts like sarcasm are totally lost on them. In fact it would be difficult to even explain the concept to an autistic person in a way that they could understand.

There are treatments available for autism, none of which can provide a cure. Their focus instead is to improve the quality of life for the autistic person and their family. There is no consensus on the best methods as every case seems to be different, but some systematic treatment is better than none. With me, an autistic person can gain a certain level of functional independence and learn to approximate basic social skills.

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