Its crazy how many children have autism these days.
I agree.  I don't funny understand the disease, but I know it is tough on the kids and the parents.  Parents apparently notice that their children may have autism in the first two or three years of a child's life.
Some people think it comes from getting vaccines, but personally I think it is something to do with the foods we eat.
I'm not sure what causes it, but the experts suggest it's a combo of genetic and environmental factors.  Infections before child-birth, too.  Rough all the way around.
I have worked with Autistic children in schools.  Some are not bad to work with but some were nightmares!
Autism therapies
Autism therapies are interventions that attempt to lessen the deficits and problem behaviours associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in order to increase the quality of life and functional independence of individuals with autism. Treatment is typically catered to the person's needs. Treatments fall into two major categories: educational interventions and medical management. Training and support are also given to families of those with ASD.
Studies of interventions have some methodological problems that prevent definitive conclusions about efficacy. Although many psychosocial interventions have some positive evidence,
issues caused difficulty with intimacy. McKean also said it was difficult to know how to understand and discipline her children. Nonetheless, they said that they wanted to put the effort into creating a strong relationship.
McKean has stated that some people who claim to have autism on the internet portray a very distorted and unrealistic view of what autism really is. These people say autism is the best thing ever and some of them even say it places above the general population and makes them better or superior in some way. He has