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What is Autism?

Autism is a developmental disorder that typically develops during the first three years of life. Autistic children do not reach on time the developmental milestones of a normal healthy baby, like crawling, walking, saying the first word etc. Autistic
children are not slow learners or of a lesser IQ or suffer from mental retardations. Instead these are very special children who have difficulty in communication and social interaction. They often come across as those who remain engrossed with restricted and repetitive behavior patterns.

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Posted by: ed nartowicz Posted on: 7/12/2008
I am a father of an autistic child and he is a wonderfull boy that needs alot of love. yes he is specail and i wouldnt change it for the world. If the insurance companys would be alittle more understanding I think that we would be able to deal with the everyday pressure that the situation give us.........
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Posted by: Parvathy Viswanath Posted on: 2/21/2008
AIKYA is organising a workshop for parents and teachers of children with ASD on drama therapy. This would help them to help kids in developing their communication and social skills on February 28and 29,2008 at Chennai.
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