The more prevalent Autism becomes, the more the public needs to know. Every parent should be familiar with autism symptoms as they would any other pediatric disease or disorder. Autism is more prevalent than diabetes, cancer and AIDS combined in children. There is also a 4 to 1 chance for boys to be diagnosed than [...]
Autism Speaks is an organization that has merged with the National Alliance for Autism Research (NAAR) in 2006. This is the worlds largest autism advocacy organization. They have also merged with Cure Autism Now (CAN). Autism Speaks is a wonderful organization that has provided 20 million dollars toward autism research in four categories in the [...]
There have been many areas of autism research done and none has been able to give a complete explanation for all the aspects of autism. There are some though, that do have an explanation with three given theories. The Three Major Theories Are: Theory of Mind (TOM) – this explains socialization and communication impairment Central [...]