Autism Effects

“Out of 1 in 88 births someone will be affected with autism” (Effects, signs, and symptoms of autism). The term autism was first used by Eugen Bleuler, a Swiss psychiatrist, he used it referring to the symptoms of schizophrenia. It was used to describe people with social and emotional problems. 30 years later, Leo Kanner, a doctor from John Hopkins, used that term again to describe people with a withdrawn behavior of social interaction. At this time, autism and schizophrenia were remained the same. Then in 1970, while they were looking for treatment, the doctors figured out they were not the same. The treatment include “painful and punishment”. A breakthrough finally happened, and speech and emotional therapy started being used. Autism affects people …show more content…
In many cases, these kids are very talented in music and once they have a behavior it usually does not go away (Bedfordshire). Most of autistic children do very well in school, even though they do sometimes need. Also, these kids have a very positive effect on the environment, they are always willing to help and get tasks done. Even though there are very good things, their brain development is slower and harder than an average person.This makes them not be able to learn and develop as quickly as usual. More than likely, they are capable of learning anything, it just may take longer to grasp the concept of it (Autism involves too many brain synapses). Altogether, these children have a very positive impact on life and can be very smart. Overall, autistic children have an amazing sense on life and will continue to throughout their whole life. Autism affects people throughout their whole life - both positively and negatively. As it was said early on, growing up with an autistic kid is an amazing thing and gives an amazing outlook on life. Though there are some problems, they still overcome