III. Behavior of autistic individuals

IV. Treatment and frequency of autism

V. Education of autistic individuals

A little girl named Jenny, quietly sits alone in a corner, racking back and forth, humming to herself. Her classmates roam about in a chaotic manner, casually conversing, and inadvertently ignoring the little girl. She never participates in the collective games, but she prefers to play alone. And, if anyone calls her name, she stays totally indifferent as if she has not heard anyt

Passing to the treatment, scientists have found that the drug “risperidone” has shown some effective results on autistic children: after conducting a survey, in Ohio State University on a group of children presenting behavioral disorders, the improvement was noticeable. The children have shown less irritability, and there was a reduction in aggressivity tantrums and possessions destruction (Ohio State, 2002, pp.1-2). So the hope to find an effective cure is high, specially that the number of autistic children is going up…

To put in a nutshell, we can confirm that, isolated in their own worlds, people with autism appear indifferent and remote. They are normally unable to form emotional bonds with others. Although people with this brain disorder can display a wide range of symptoms and disabilities, many are capable of understanding other people’s actions, but they don’t react themselves. However, with the high scientific progress we are reaching nowadays, we are optimistic about finding a cure… Until that day, we have to remember that those people need our help and care, not our pity….

If you ever wondered how to identify the presence of the disorder, well, the answer it is hard to know. The reason is that a child with profound mental retardation may not be autistic. Not to forget that autism is far different than schizophrenia and other psychoses. So usually it is necessary to have an experienced clinician to identify it (Brasic, 2002, p.1). Very Often, the diagnosis is based on the early notice of mouth’s concentration than eye’s one, and this might be helpful for early effective treatment (Woods, 2001, p.2).

In the end, we all ask how to help such type of individuals? First of all, parents have a major role to play at home directly with their kid and indirectly by helping the pediatrician: they should take a lot of notes and accurate details in order to help, as well as they should provide a family medical history. The purpose is to keep the pediatrician the most updated about the evolution of the behavioral steps of their child. On the other hand, it is required that they be aware of this disease. They are also asked to take courses on health care to learn to help their infant develop skills although he could keep facing behavioral problems and difficulties (Warner, 2002, p.1).

Then, adversely to normal persons, autistic individuals surprised the researchers by being indifferent when looking at the eyes. They noticed that autistic people showed more social competence when looking at the mouths,

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