Vetta never knew his parents. As a mere infant he was abandoned on the streets of Cambodia. Taken to a government-run orphanage, he grew up lacking fundamental support. He became aggressive when something frustrated or angered him, erratic. He would spin and twirl objects, bang his head, and rock back and forth for comfort. Those [...]

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There aren’t any parents who want to consider that their children might be suffering from autism, a life-shattering developmental disorder that’s anticipated to effect more than one in 150 children in the United States alone. Autism is generally believed to effect children from birth, or even perhaps from the very first few months of life, [...]

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At this point, many experts still disagree about a clear definition – the actual difference between autism and Asperger’s syndrome, which seems to be a matter of degree, mostly dealing with communication issues. Autism is widely known as a “spectrum” illness, as it has a rather broad range of symptoms and associated conditions, which usually [...]

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Unfortunately, an actual cure for autism, a disabling neurological disorder, has yet to be discovered. Children who are effected by this disorder usually grow up with a speech impairment, they have difficulties in social interactions, abnormal learning abilities and for the most part they’re simply unable to enjoy their lives, an experience which most of [...]

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Communication skills for autistic children differ from the norm, including their thinking process. The majority of children with autism find words to be “too busy”, so they usually find it much easier to remember information with pictures. Through remembrance of pictures, autistic children are able to understand others and express themselves. Autistic children learn verbal [...]

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While many children have slight delays in some development areas, there are signs that parents can look for as their child reaches certain age milestones, as a means of properly diagnosing autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Some areas to watch closely include motor skills, speech, spatial memory and repetitive behavior. Around the first year of development [...]

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Some parents have noted that during periods of fever, their children seem to have exhibited “less autistic” tendencies. There may be an explanation for this now as two doctors from Yeshiva University have published a study in the March 2009 Brain Research Reviews, that proposes autism spectrum disorders (ASD) may be the product of a [...]

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