about autism...?

Question

i'd like to know the following about autism:

1-does it ALWAYS start since childhood, i mean are autistics always born with it?

2-do all autistics clever in maths and/or drawing?

3-is it possible that someone is autistic without knowing that he/she is?

4-how would a person know that he/she is autistic?what signs may indicate autism?(excluding going to doctors)

5-are there levels for autism?

6-can people with autism live normally?

7-do autistics have problems with communication with ALL people or can these problems be with the opposite gender?

8-are all autistics genuis or could they be normal?

9- is there a cure for autism?

i might add some more questions...but these are the ones that came to head for the moment..

please...do not give me links...i need your answers if u know about them...because the sites that u write to me don't answer my questions...

Answer 1

1 Yes, It always starts in childhood. My son's started at nine weeks old but my best friend's daughter was two years old. Still both children. Neither of them can talk now. They are both severe.

2 No they are not all good in math or drawing. My son can not do either and I know lots of his classmates can not do either one.

3 If you were autistic you would sure know it and so would the people around you.

4 need for sameness, behaviors, strange habits, strange social skills.

5 yes there are lots of levels and even two severe people will act different.

6 no, they can not live normally. Even high functioning people will have issues that make life difficult.

7 they have problems with all people to different degrees.

8 no they are not all genius and they are not normal. the majority would be considered retarded.

9 no cure. it there was as my doctor told me everyone will know. it will be all over the news.

Answer 2

I have a hole family with autism and I can answer most of your ?'s
1st Yes and no you cannot know if you have autism until you are at least 6 years of age but There are some children out There that show the signs of autism when they are younger than that.
2nd autistics are just plain brilliant it is like a side affect in a medication they are so brilliant but they lack the social skills that most people have
3rd the signs are obvious to those of us that can see what the person who has autism is like
4th does the person you are talking about (maybe yourself or another person you are talking about) understand other peoples feelings can you/they handle being around other people and an you/they look in other peoples eyes or face when they are talking and that are the big signs i can remember at the moment but yes you can tell without a doctor.
5th YES there are sooo many levels there is the high functioning the low functioning and then there is ausburgers and then there is the main one Autism
6th Yes people can live normally with autism I have an two aunts who function just fine with it.
the 7th i think they have problems with all communication but It might depend on the person with the autism
8th I have seen tons of people with autism and they all seem really smart on some level
9th No there is no cure for autism but there are ways with dealing with it and they all pretty much seem to live pretty normal lives.

Answer 3

1 About 75% of all people with autism were clearly autistic from birth. 25% developed autism by the 2nd birthday.

2 "All" would clearly be a gross overstatement, but you probably have a higher number of math-whiz's among those with high-functioning autism, than the general population.

3 It probably isn't very uncommon for a person to have high-functioning autism without being diagnosed. But that would be very high-functioning.

4 This is where those sites you don't like would actually be helpful. But since you probably won't go to them, I'll summarize.
The top three signs of autism are;
1. Social Impairment such as;
a. no eye contact, pointing, or gestures to communicate.
b. doesn't show off items. "Look at what I have!" type behaviour, or otherwise share interest or enjoyment with others.

2. Impairments in Communication such as;
a. delay in, or total lack of speech
b. Or with Asperger's, marked impairment in the
ability to initiate or sustain a conversation with others.

3. Repetitive movements, patterns of behavior & interests such as;
a. hand-flapping, rocking, etc.
b. obsessions with objects or parts of objects.
c. inflexible adherence to routines & rituals. (A famous woman with High-functioning autism dropped her slides at a presentation & could NOT improvise.)

5 YES! YES! YES!!! The average 2 year old talks much better than my 11 year old neice. Yet many think Bill Gates has Asperger's (a form of high-functioing autism.)

6 Depends on the individual. If Bill Gates really is autistic, like many say, that is proof they can live even far better than "normal." But my niece will probably never live a normal life. Living in a half-way house mopping the floors at the local burger joint is probably the closest to normal we could hope for with her.

7 Gender issues probably complicate the problems high-functioning autistic people face, because people usually talk in a more straightforward manner to someone of their own gender, & give more subtle hints to the opposite sex.

8 Actually about 42% of all people diagnosed with autism have IQs lower than average. But there are geniuses with autism, too.

9 No. And many with high-functioning autism don't want a cure. But there are treatments to help with some of the struggles people with autism can have.

Hope this helps.

Answer 4

Easiest way to get these answers is to read the things at this site:
http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer

At the top of the page is the selection "About Autism" with a drop-down menu. Start there. Good luck!

Answer 5

1. Yes. We're always born autistic. One can't become autistic later in life, though appearance can change so that one looks or functions as "more autistic" at any age in response to various things.

2. No, not always. We're not all savants, and certainly not all savants in those two areas. I'm bad at drawing, decent at math.

3. Yes, easily. Lots of autistics go until adulthood without diagnosis, or never get diagnosed. Diagnosis was (and is still, though to a slightly lesser extent) based on stereotypes about autistics, and if one didn't fit the diagnostician's stereotypes, they might not get dx'ed autistic, and instead get dx'ed something with something else, for example schizophrenia. It's also possible for an autistic to go through life without any diagnosis, just knowing that they're really odd, and not knowing why.

4. Okay, how to tell whether one is autistic without getting a professional diagnosis. This can quickly get long. Strong sense of relation with other autistics is a good way, as is instinctive nonverbal communication with other autistics in real life, though we can't communicate at ease with every autistic in existence, it's sort of like there are dialects of our nonverbal communication system that aren't always mutually intelligible. Sensory hyper- or hypo-sensitivity, plus certain types of sensory processing that are more common in autistics (processing parts of objects instead of the whole, seeing things as colored shapes and not objects at first, auditory processing disorders, and Irlen syndrome are all more common in us.) If one has had strong interests in particular subject areas throughout their lives, that's a good indicator, as is general social awkwardness when around non-autistics, and inability to learn non-autistic social rules. Language oddities are too, for example: echolalia, delayed speech, difficulty understanding figurative language. There's probably even more that I'm forgetting. Oh, there's also stimming. (Stuff like rocking, flapping one's hands, listening to the same song on loop, flicking one's fingers, staring at fractals.)

5. A lot of people split autistics into high functioning, low functioning, and Asperger's groups, but said functioning labels aren't actually useful. Functioning level depends a lot on environment, and the viewpoint of the observer, and doesn't necessarily say that much about the actual autistic person.

6. I don't know what you mean by normally. If you mean speak, live "independently", drive a car, keep a job, and have 2.5 kids, that depends. I don't see this as something to strive for. Basically I support the idea of autistics living in the way that is most effective. If typing instead of speech is, then I'd much rather type. A lot of autistics don't live "independently" in the way most autistics think of it, though many also do. Some live in their own homes or apartments but have support staff come in. Many of us can't drive because of perceptual stuff. Some of us (like me) don't want kids and aren't particularly interested in marrying. We can have jobs, and be very successful at them in some cases, but the working environment really isn't designed to be compatible with autistics, and the hiring process is skewed against us.

7. Not necessarily with all people, but I think gender hardly ever has anything to do with it. We tend to be better at communicating with other autistics than non-autistics, and may have no problems whatsoever communicating with some autistics.

8. I'm not quite sure what you mean by genius other than that specific range on IQ test results. If that's what you mean, no. Autistics are found in all ranges of IQ test results, though most of such tests aren't great for measuring the intelligence of autistics. Raven's Progressive Matrices *is* good, and shows that we tend to be a lot more intelligent than people think we are. (Outsiders seem to be split on whether we're all "geniuses" or all "retarded.") On other IQ tests, we tend to have a lot of scatter on different subsections, and the average can be pretty meaningless.

9. No. Not yet, hopefully never. I'm a functional autistic, not a defective neurotypical. I don't need to be fixed. I'm neither better nor worse than non-autistics.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Diagnostic features (from ; Diagnostic and Statistical manual of Mental Disorders -IV-TR):-

With an onset prior to age 3, individuals with this disorder experience serious delays or abnormal functioning in social interaction, communicative language, or play; furthermore, they show at least 6 symptoms from the following three groups:

(i) qualitative impairement in social interaction manifested by at least 2 of the following:

-impairment in the use of several nonverbal behaviors, such as facial expression, body postures, and eye contact
- failure to develop appropriate peer relationships
-lack of spontaneous sharing of enjoyment, inretests, or achievements with others
-lack of social or emotional reciprocity

(ii) qualitative impairments in communication as manifested by at least one of the following:

-delay in or lack of spoken language development
-impairment in the ability to initiate or sustain a conversation
-stereotyped or repetitive use of language or idiosyncratic language
-lack of spontaneous make-believe play or social imitative play

(iii) restricted repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior, interests, and activities manifested by at least one of the following:

-preoccupation with stereotyped or resticted patterns of interests
-inflexible adherence to nonfunctional routines or rituals
-stereotyped and repetitive motor mannerisms (eg hand flapping or complex body movements)
-preoccupation with parts of objects


No, not all austistics are clever in maths or drawing. In fact, only very few are gifted in one field of life.

i think so that its possible for someone to be autistic and not knowing about it. I mean how would a 2yr old or 3 yr old know that s/he is autistic?

i dont think that there are levels for autism but it depends on the severity of the disorder. How much impairment has it caused.

They cannot live normally so to speak, but definitely they can work if given the proper work environment. Again that would depend on the severity but i think that most autistics can work,. I am currently doing my internship with autistic individuals who are actually working in a factory , doing the packing stuffs for KFC.

I dont think that its gender biased.

Not all autistics are genuises. No, they cannot be normal.

No, i dont think that there is a cure for autism given the complexity and seriousness of the disorder. An intensive program must be worked with the family, peers and schools with individuals having this disorder. institutional placement might be required.

Answer 8

1.yes,2.No,3.possible but not likely4.Need Neurological evaulation,5.Yes there is a spectrum(scale),6.depends on #5.,7.Usually with most,they are not social.8.No,define normal,9. Not at this time.

Answer 9

whell i have autism i LOVE TO DRAW i suck at math and im not agenius