Autism Speaks
Today, there are many organizations geared towards raising autism awareness. Two of the organizations that do their part to raise the awareness level for autistic spectrum disorders are The Autism Society of America and Autism Speaks. These are the two most popular organizations focused on helping individuals who have autism. These organizations work to [...]
It is very easy to put short term memory loss down to old age. And say that it is but natural to start forgetting things as you age. However, while this may be true, there are several other causes of short term memory loss that should not be ignored as they could be signalling to [...]
high functioning autism
Individuals with Asperger syndrome, or AS, are at the high functioning end of the autism spectrum. Patients with this disorder show impairment in social behavior and motor skills and are also marked by clumsiness. Because it can resemble other forms of autism, it can sometimes be misdiagnosed. While the treatments can be similar, [...]
autistic children
An autistic child is characterized by impaired social interaction skills, repetitive behavior and both impaired non-verbal and verbal communication. Children with autism normally show the first signs before three years of age and normally do not have the same interests as other children of their own age. Statistics have shown that one in every [...]
Just as alcoholics need to accept the fact that they have a drinking problem to get help, constantly angry people need to admit that they can’t control their anger. Anger can be tamed when you are able to identify your anger triggers. When you get angry almost all the time and you are irrational when [...]
autism spectrum
Disorders of the autistic spectrum were not given a label until the middle of the 20th century. Dr. Leo Kanner studied a group of children in 1943 who exhibited marked behavioral and communication issues and found them to be afflicted with what we today know as autism. There are five different disorders of development [...]
