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-'''Autism''' is a developmental disorder characterized by inability to interact socially, linguistic disability, intense, narrow interests, and repetitive behaviors. It is usually detected by the time a child is four years old but some people have forms of autism that are so mild that they go unnoticed into adulthood.
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-Autism appears to be on the rise and psychologists claim that approximately 1 out of 166 people has autism today.
-Most autistic people cannot function on a day to day basis but a significant minority can. The former are labeled low functioning autistics, the latter are labeled high functioning autistics. There is a form of high functioning autism called [[Asperger's syndrome]] in which the person who suffers from it is still more or less normal and has above average intelligence.
-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.
-Autism was discovered in the middle of the twentieth century by Dr. [[Leo Kanner]]. Dr. Hans Asperger also did some research into autism at about the same time and discovered Asperger's syndrome.
-'''Asperger's syndrome''' is a high functioning form of [[autism]]. In it the person with the disorder suffers from some autistic tendencies but not all of them. People with Asperger's syndrome can function on a day to day basis. The disorder was discovered in the middle of twentieth century by Dr. Hans Asperger.
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