Receiving a diagnosis of autism Autism is probably one of the
most common developmental disorders with 1 in every 150 children
born receiving a diagnosis of autism. There is still as yet no
cure for autism and research into its cause continues. Receiving
a diagnosis of autism is always going to be difficult to accept,
the autism child will almost certainly have the triad of
autistic impairments which are deficits in social,
communication, imagination and interaction skills. So what does
the triad of autistic impairments mean to your child? Children
on the autistic spectrum do not develop socially in the same way
as typically developing children they lack the ability to
recognize and read body language and facial expression. This is
often referred to as “mind blindness” or the “theory of mind”.
Typically developing children learn how to recognize the
thoughts and feelings of other people as they grow by people
watching they begin to recognize certain expressions, postures
and mannerisms, this ability is missin