Autism: A Silent cry For Help
Keywords:
Autism, Autistic Behaviors, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Social Deficit DisordersAbstract
"Autism"or"autism spectrum disorder" is a disorder characterized by deficit in social interactions and communication with restricted interest usually recognized by the age of 2 years. Various causes have been linked with autism such as genetic, environmental, vaccination etc. There are many signs and symptoms of this disorder. Multiple therapies are available to groom these children so that they can lead a normal independent life. Electronic databases as PubMed, Google.com and Google scholar were searched by using key words and phrases such as autism, autistic behaviors, autism spectrum disorders, speech therapy, occupational therapy and social deficit disorders. Literature search of abstracts, original articles, review articles and case studies published within past 10 years (Sept 2004- Sept 2014) was carried out through the mentioned search engines. Thus Autism is a neuro-deficit disorder. Affected children are not mentally handicapped and therefore can be trained well to spend a normal independent life.
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