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noted to occur in different
places, races, ethnicities
across the globe.
11. There is no medical test
for autism: As of now, there
are no blood tests to diagnose
Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Instead, the doctors and other
professionals make use of
the behavioral test to see
whether the kids have Autism
Spectrum Disorder or not.
12. They Wander easily: All
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kids wander but the ones with
Autism Spectrum Disorder
have tendencies to wander off
into dangerous situations like
rivers, lakes, busy street etc.
13. Early treatment helps:
There is no cure to Autism
Spectrum Disorder, but
diagnosing early and getting
the therapy done (speech,
occupational therapy, social
skills etc along with behavioral
analysis) have shown major
improvement in the kids.
14. Aspergers and Autism
are the same: Autism
Spectrum Disorder was
the new term used in the
collection to the diagnosis
of Asperger Syndrome and
Pervasive Developmental
Disorder. Many people have
not heard either of the names
and have not adjusted to the
Autism Spectrum Disorder
term.
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15. Autism in kids are
more likely to be born to older
parents: Autism Spectrum
Disorder kids are much likely
to born to older parents over
35 and 40 years of mother
and father respectively.
16. Vaccinations do not
cause Autism Spectrum
Disorder: although it has
been a big debate if there are
cases where vaccinations
cause Autism Spectrum
Disorder, the studies have
proved that vaccines do not
cause Autism Spectrum
Disorder and it is a myth.
17. “Refrigerator mothers”
have Autistic kids: Autism
Spectrum Disorder happened
to kids with mothers who are
cold and distant from their
kids. This longtime theory
has now been proved a major
myth.
18. Autism Spectrum
Disorder was described in
1943: the term Autism was
described first by Dr. Leo
Kanner in his paper in 1943
about “Autistic Disturbances
of Affective Contact”. He
reported it on an 11-year-old
kid who showed marks of lack
of interest in other people
leading to highly unusual
interest in the inanimate
surroundings.
19. There is no cure:
The ratio of
girls to boys
as well differs
– 1 in every
42 boys and
1 in 189 girls.
However, there
are plenty of
interesting
facts about
that people
will not be
aware of.
Facts on autism suggest that
there surely is no cure for
Autism Spectrum Disorder,
however, there are a number
of behavioral therapies that
could drastically im