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Autism appears to be on the rise and psychologists claim that approximately 1 out of 166 people has autism today. Some estimates are as high as 1 in 150(lastes cdc statistic) people, and it has been rising.  Among boys, 1 in 94 has the disorder.  In New Jersey, which has the highest rate in the nation, 1 in every 60 boys has autism and 1 in every 94 children is affected.
 
Autism appears to be on the rise and psychologists claim that approximately 1 out of 166 people has autism today. Some estimates are as high as 1 in 150(lastes cdc statistic) people, and it has been rising.  Among boys, 1 in 94 has the disorder.  In New Jersey, which has the highest rate in the nation, 1 in every 60 boys has autism and 1 in every 94 children is affected.
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Autism is a spectrum disorder.  Which means it ranges in how it effects every child.  Every child is also different.  You have the fragile x syndrome, aspergers,pdd nos, mild autism, moderate autism,  severe autism, and some idiot savantes.  Autistic children will not all act like rain man.  Nor are all autistic children uncaring or unable to show emotion, in fact many are very caring.
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Autism is a spectrum disorder which means there is a range in how it effects different people.  Every child is also different.  You have the fragile x syndrome, aspergers,pdd nos, mild autism, moderate autism,  severe autism, and some idiot savantes.  Autistic children will not all act like rain man.  Nor are all autistic children uncaring or unable to show emotion, in fact many are very caring.
    
There is a rare form of low functioning autism called ''idiot savants'' in which the people who suffer from it cannot brush their teeth or take a bath or dress themselves or do any other basic activities but are extremely good at one thing, usually mathematics but sometimes also involving music, memory feats, or hyperlexia.  
 
There is a rare form of low functioning autism called ''idiot savants'' in which the people who suffer from it cannot brush their teeth or take a bath or dress themselves or do any other basic activities but are extremely good at one thing, usually mathematics but sometimes also involving music, memory feats, or hyperlexia.  
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