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Originally Posted by knight_shadow
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I've heard of autism, but I've never really took the time to understand it. I just did a quick search of some of the symptoms, but many of them seemed like symptoms of OCD. Could someone break down the disease in layman's terms?
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It is a communication disorder. "Rainman" the movie shows some of what it is a part of.
The best website I have seen so far is:
Autism Speaks
Typically, depending, as I understand it, most sufferers cannot speak in any way at the age appropriate time they are expected to do so. Basically ~1.5-2 y/o--it is not a "muting" it is literally, they do not know how to verbalize simple things such as "light", etc.
And it is NOT that they cannot absolutely learn. Although some forms are autism do cause a mild mental retardation, most forms of autism causes an inability to communicate in an effective form.
Now, there are some older autistics that compensate and communicate via web, or other high levels of communications. In fact some autistics are savants.
It is believed that the way to communicate with someone with autism is through music... Their brains are literally wired that way... And they learn through musical interaface... It is not known why.
And that is the extent of my knowledge. But it is a fascinating neuromolecular study...
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