Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.

Autisom-Just Wandering What It Was?

I Just Out My Friends Son Has It. I Have Heard Of It. But I Dont No What It Is

1 Answer

Relevance
  • G M
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    I am guessing you mean "autism".It's a developmental disorder that is usually noticed between 1 and 3 but can be noticed earlier or later.Most children who have it have certain "behaviors" caused by it like rocking,hand flapping,or other repetitive motions.They usually make little or no eye contact therefor affecting their ability to talk and respond to someone talking to them.They often don't even notice when people are in the room with them or not.This is not true of all cases,and every child with Autism will have their own quirks or actions that may or may not fit the typical warning signs.There are also different levels,some are so severe that they won't ever fully recover and some will "outgrow"the symptoms with help such as speech therapy.

    Also there is no specific tests that can diagnose it,because it doesn't show up on any scan or test.and there is no known cure,just help such as speech therapy,occupational therapy,etc to help them overcome.It's a very broad subject with a lot of info. so it may be better to look at a website dedicated to it.

    Source(s): http://www.ourspecialkids.org/autism.html And I have a 3 yr boy diagnosed 4 months ago.
Still have questions? Get your answers by asking now.