Friday, November 20th, 2009
The concept of the spectrum disorder that is known as autism was first properly recognized in the 1940s by two of the world’s first specially trained child psychiatrists, Leo Kanner and Hans Aspberger. One form of the disease, Aspberger Syndrome is actually named for the latter. The two devoted their professional careers to discovering more [...]
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Thursday, August 6th, 2009
Is Your Infant Rarely Smiling? Beware – It can be a Symptom of Autism
Autism is a brain developmental disorder that makes communication and social interaction difficult, with sufferers often displaying restricted and repetitive behaviour.
Medical professionals have identified two other variants in diagnosing Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), these are Asperger’s Syndrome- in which sufferers have cognitive [...]
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Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
According to research, estimates of fifty children are diagnosed with autism everyday in the United States. Aside from that, the number of autistic children is increasing in the whole country.
Autism was considered as a rare condition before; however, the increasing number of children being diagnosed with autism has caused it to become an epidemic in [...]
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