Autism is a disorder of brain function that normally appears early in life, before the age of three. It is classified as a pervasive developmental disorder and is actually one of five disorders that share varying degrees of impairment across three different domains. The domains that children with the disorder have are, problems with social interaction, communication, imagination and behavior. Children with autism have a narrow and repetitive pattern of behavior. The other four disorders that may share similar characteristics to autism are: Asperger’s Disorder, Rett’s Disorder, childhood disintegrative disorder (CDD) and pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS). Although by definition autism is a description of symptoms and this makes autism a syndrome not a disease in the traditional sense of the word. Although autism is defined and assessed by observing behavioral characteristics, it is not considered a behavior, an emotion, a conduct disorder, or......
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