Autistic Spectrum Disorder

Autism is a spectrum disorder meaning there are a range of symptoms, but not all symptoms are exhibited by each autistic individual.

Sub classes of ASD are known as:

• Aspergers Syndrome
• ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• PDD Pervasive Developmental Disorder
• Retts Syndrome
• Fragile-X

Life Long Disability

Autism is a lifelong developmental disability that affects the way a person communicates and relates to people around them. Children and adults with autism are unable to relate to others in a socially meaningful way.

Their ability to develop friendships is impaired, as is their capacity to understand other people's feelings. People with autism can often have accompanying learning disabilities

Autism Explosion - Leo Kanner

Autism was first recognised as a condition by Leo Kanner in 1946 http://pep-web.org/document.php?id=paq.017.0132a

Rates of Autistic diagnoses have soured in the last 15 years. From 1 in 10000 to 1 in 166. Boys are four times as likely to be affected by Autism than girls. Most Autistics are blood group A.

Two good articles here
Health Autism Chapter1 Causes, Entiology, Biomedical Abnormalities - GOOD
Health, Autistic Spectrum Disorder Chapter 2 Causes, Entiology, Biomedical Abnormalities - GOOD