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The Face Of Autism
Here's the story well, the first five years in the life of quinn a wonderful, exuberant, mostly non verbal boy with autism. you can see how the signs appeared over time, even before his diag...

Why do people assume that a person with an autism disorder is dumb? My son has asperger's and is intellegent.
My son is 9 1 2 yrs old, and just got his dx in Feb. I know that asperger's disorder is an Autism Spectrum Disorder. But, my son has always had A's and B's on his report card, has always gone to public school, and just last Friday, recieved a hoody sweatshirt with his last name on the back, for being in the advanced proficient area for both reading and math. In the past, my son has always scored high on the SAT's and Dakota Step testing. So to the people who think that children or adults for that matter with Autism Spectrum Disorders are in any way less intellegent than anyone else, I say, come meet my son. Yes, he has his quirks, and has his problems. None of us are without that. I am not in denial of his diagnosis. Or shall I say, diagnoses, as he has a few. But I will not let this new dx drag down his spirits, or change anybody's opinion about him. He is a wonderful, loving, challenging, fun, not to mention bright, with an out of this world sense of humor.i love him aspiebabiemommie

Can anybody suggust me how to treat autism disorder which has been detected in my 8 years old son?

I don't understand what autism disorder is?
I just heard the phrase somewhere so I checked it out, I didn't really understand the dictionary definition of autism. What is it exactly?

Does anyone have a child that was diagnosed with an autism disorder?
If so does people look at your child strange. My child has PDD and people can be judgemental about it.

Why do some people think that Rett Syndrome isn't an autism disorder?

Is it possible to use brain pacemakers to treat autism disorders?

Can a child develop autism disorders when they are older? If so how will they react?
For example a 16 yr old.By react imean will they show it and how will others know of they never delt with autism before?

How autism disorder inherited?

What specific vaccines are linked to autism disorder?
Are all of the vaccines under suspicion or just certain ones like hepatitis etc?