| The treatment of autism has aroused a lot of | | | | led people to believe that the disorder might perhaps |
| questions and controversy in the medical community | | | | be a mask for some other kind of extraordinary ability. |
| ever since the disease was first discovered and | | | | Without scientific proof, this remains only as |
| described about halfway through the last century. | | | | speculation, and IQ tests have proven that a greater |
| This has been largely because there really aren't any | | | | number of autism patients basically just have average |
| known cures for the condition - even its causes | | | | or lower intelligence. |
| remain an enigma, although various chemical, biological | | | | The fact that autism symptoms vary in sufferers and |
| and environmental factors have been identified as | | | | some are actually not even present in many patients |
| potential risk elements that contribute to the incidence | | | | with similar symptoms has caused psychologists and |
| of the disease in children all over the world. | | | | psychiatrists to conclude that there are more than one |
| What is known about autism is that it is a severe | | | | disease that make up the autism spectrum. |
| developmental disorder that affects the ability of a | | | | Hence, they are classified as autism spectrum |
| child to communicate with people in their environment, | | | | disorders or pervasive developmental disorders. |
| making it difficult for them to make friends, share joys, | | | | Following this, it has become critical that proper |
| or even experience relationships. | | | | diagnosis be made of the patient before any |
| The patients often tend to suffer from some kind of | | | | treatment is administered, because the wrong kind of |
| mental retardation as well, but there are occasional | | | | medication for a sufferer can actually yield adverse |
| glimpses of brilliance, intelligence and high IQ that has | | | | results. |