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Autism is an often misunderstood disorder. A patient with autism is always born with his disease. If the disease is discovered later in live is because it does not show the symptoms earlier in life. It arises due to genetic abnormalities of the brain. Patients with autism have under developed neural connections which cause abnormalities with social and sometimes physical phases of the brain. The parts with control the social and communication of the brain are under developed and not properly wired. They might be aggressive, cause self-harm, failing in simple tests and many other such behaviors.
A child with autism shows the signs of autism as soon as three years old. Problems arising from the misconnection or misrepresentation between the synapses and nerve cells cause this particular disorder. Till now the actual genetic cause for autism has not been known, research is going on to detect autism in kids before they are born since this disorder is termed as a birth defect. The early sings of autism are the child’s care for themselves, obsessive nature and under developed communication skills. Recent research has shown that one of the early sings of detecting autism is the inability of a child to focus on faces or any one thing. A child with autism cannot lead a normal adult life and might require assistance through her life. A patient with autism also will have problem linking meanings with their words. So many time while trying to express themselves, they will end up saying something else. Sometimes patients with autism develop seizures after puberty, this might be because of hormonal n that are part of a normal human being, but the exact cause of these seizures is not known. There are different levels of autism which are rated under Giliam Autism Rating Scale and the Childhood Autism rating scale.

