| For all the improvement in diagnostic processes, there | | | | and the Center for the Study of Autism are easily the |
| is little that can be done to help an autistic child deal | | | | most notable. Other prominent names in the study and |
| with this disorder. There are lots of proposed | | | | research of autism are the National Alliance for Autism |
| treatments for autism, and a few medications are | | | | Research, the Nathan Zarins Autism Research Center, |
| known to really help the condition, but autism still lacks | | | | and the Texas Center for Autism Research and |
| a cure. For the most part, an autistic patient remains | | | | Treatment. |
| that way for the duration of their lives. | | | | Funding for autism research is mostly obtained from |
| Sometimes they do improve on a few of the | | | | various grants from members of the society that are |
| symptoms as they age, but many of the other | | | | concerned about the spate of the sufferers of the |
| indications of the disease never go away. There are | | | | malady, the National Institute of Mental Health, and |
| few autistic patients that are actually able to take up | | | | even the Federal Government. Former President |
| simple jobs in various spheres of life while living on their | | | | George W. Bush actually approved federal |
| own, but there are also some patients who suffer | | | | government funding to support autism research for |
| from high functioning autism who are never able to live | | | | five years during his time. The researches may be |
| without some sort of social support. | | | | tough, but there are many professionals hard at work |
| In the United States, there are a lot of institutions that | | | | trying to make a difference in the lives of autism |
| research autism, and their number is ever on the rise. | | | | sufferers; there are bound to be helpful results before |
| Of these organizations, the Autism Society of America | | | | very long. |