what, really is autism?

Posted: Jul 24, 2010 |

3. I understand that autism is a disability, but, what, really is autism?
If your child has autism her/his brain has a difficult time of making sense of our world. Processing information is extremely difficult. For example, you hear a siren on a police car roaring by your house. You immediately understand there is some kind of an emergency. You may not know if it is a fire truck, a police car or an ambulance; however, you know there is a problem. Your child's brain does not interpret this so s/he hears a loud noise that really hurts his/her ears. Your child may cover his/her ears due to the discomfort it causes.
The same is true for what your child may see. Most children will realize not to touch an electric fence, for example. However, if your child is walking toward the fence s/he may actually touch it, not realizing or understanding the shock that will be experienced because the brain has not made any type of interpretation.

If your child has autism s/he may be a high achiever or a low achiever depending on the severity of the disability and this is caused by the autism. Although you will receive a different answer, from different people when asked what this disability is – put simply autism is considered a lifelong developmental disability. This causes the autistic child to have a different way of seeing, hearing, and feeling things. Autism generally causes difficulties with social interaction and communication.

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