Children With Autism Research Paper

Alyssa Sergent

Miss Roth

English 1-2

20 March 2017

Life on the spectrum

Autism is one of the fastest-growing developmental disorders in the U.S. Many people have this disorder and there is no cure for it. Boys are five times more likely to be born with autism than girls are. Autism is more common than childhood cancer, AIDS , and diabetes combined. There is no cure for autism however , therapy and other interventions could help lead a child to a healthy normal life. Autism slows down the brain and comes with speech and other impairments. Children with autism may be sensitive to touch, certain smells, loud noises, temperature, and even certain colors. This disability is rapidly spreading throughout children all around the world.

There are many wonders about autism and some of them are, what are the symptoms, how to prevent it from a child, and what are the different forms of it.
There are many different symptoms of autism, which kids who have this disability have to live with.

Some people have very severe symptoms but others have very little symptoms in which people may not even notice they have autism. “Nothing bothers them; nothing causes them pain or disrupts their contentment” (Hall 7). People with this disability kind of live in their own world in a way. Those who have autism can be amused by even a garage door opening and closing for hours. Most people with autism don't have good communication skills, some can also have trouble showing emotions. “My concept of normal” (Hall 11). Children with this disability feel normal even though others who don't have autism know that it's not “normal”. Autism changes the brain and slows things down in the growth and learning spectrum. People with autism don't feel any different than someone who doesn't have it. They feel safe in their own skin, they are peaceful and content. Kids with this disorder do have obvious symptoms but they don't feel like they are

different.
Many people have wonders about how to prevent autism from a child. Autism can try and be prevented from the child, but won't necessarily always work. “If a women is considering trying to get pregnant, give about six months to start a healthy diet” (autism research institute n.p.). Starting off a pregnancy with a healthy diet could possibly reduce the risks of the child having autism. Eating the right foods, not smoking, and not drinking are some things to keep a child healthy while it's in the womb. “Make sure to bond with your baby as much as possible” ( McDonnell n.p.). In most cases people who get autism get it because it runs in the family, in which there's nothing to do about it. Bond with the child and try to communicate with it as much as possible. When people ask how to prevent it , there's not really a right answer, yes being on a healthy diet and taking care of the child while in the womb could possibly prevent it but it most likely runs in the family , so when people ask how to prevent it, well it's hard to say.
As most people don't know there are different forms of autism.

Autistic disorder is called “classic autism”, asperger's syndrome has milder symptoms , and pervasive development disorder, also called “atypical autism”. “What do people think when they hear autism?” (“Types of asd n.p.”). When people hear autism they mostly just think the autistic disorder. Some people don't know there are other forms of autism spectrum disorder. “There are three different types of autism spectrum disorder” (“types of asd n.p.”). Asperger's syndrome have some milder symptoms than autism but still have trouble with language and other impairments. Pervasive development disorder symptoms are less noticeable, children with this mostly just have trouble with social and communication things. All of the types explained in this paragraph fit into the autism

spectrum.
Mostly every child that has autism has different symptoms because everyone is different. People ask a lot how to prevent it which is hard to say because there's not really a correct answer. There are other disorders that fit into the autism spectrum, but most of them are similar. Autism is very common in people all around the world and with that comes questions, fears, and confusion, we don't have all the answers in the world but every day doctors and scientists are working for a cure or just to learn more about it. More and more people are being diagnosed with autism every day. It is hard to answer questions about autism because there are many unanswered questions that people are still to this day trying to figure it out. Will people ever figure this mystery out ? How to prevent it, symptoms, forms of it, these are all questions that people are curious about.