I have never heard this word untill two of my friends kids r diagnosed with this.one of them is in india and other one here.
autism is a developmental disorder .autistic children are not able to connect to the outside world.they remain aloof and resistant to any changes.its very hard to bring up a autistic child.but what i learnt from my friend is if u get to know about this early u can do a lot.In america state pays for the therapy of these kind of developmental disorders.my friend in india could not get the diagnosis of autism in her child early and went from doctor to doctor.one doctor told tht her son has a thyroid disease and gave him medications to treat the thyroid which only made his symptoms worse.finally some other doctor gave them the right diagnosis and by that time her son has turned five .
common symptoms od autistic children are
no or very less verbal communication even after their second bithday
2autistic children hesitate to make eye contact
3they do some activities very repitatively like flapping their hands, rocking
most important thing is the early diagnosis.
most of the autistic children r very bright acaedemically.they r very intelligent.only lacking the social skills.there r many movies on autistic persons.i heard even albert einstein was also autistic.