You cannot 'get' autism, you are born Autistic. Autism is a neurological difference so you're Autistic from the time your brain develops in the second trimester. Autism is a result of genetic factors.
Autism isn't a disability, it is a difference - autism is a spectrum, as such it effects different people in different ways and to different severities, so although some people may face disabilities as a result of autism many don't. As a disability it would be considered a neurological disability.
Autism isn't more likely in a smoking pregnancy. Autism is a neurological difference, just like with any other biological variation it comes down to genetics.
Yes, of course Autism is real - is your brain real?Autism is a neurological difference, our brains are as real as anyone elses brains. There's no way that anyone can realistically claim that Autism does not exist or is not real.
No, autism is not a curse any more than any other normal human variation is a curse.Would you say that being black is a curse or being born a woman is a curse?If not then don't imply being Autistic is a curse by referring to autism as a curse.
No, Autism doesn't make you lose your hair - how could it? Autism is a neurological variation, it's no more likely to cause hair loss than any other neurological variation.
Autism is a neurological difference and like any other variation in humankind it comes as a result of genetics. Autism is caused by various genes or genetic mutations, but past that we can't be certain what causes a person to be Autistic.
Autism isn't something that just suddenly occurs in adolescence or at any other stage of a persons life. Autistic people are born Autistic, autism is a neurological variation so starts within the womb.
Autism is NOT a virus, it's a neurone disorder. No, no WWE wrestlers have Autism.
It's absolutely impossible to know how many cases of Autism there were in 1942. This is because Autism as a diagnosis didn't exist at that time, thus essentially Autism didn't exist, Autistic people would have been misdiagnosed as any number of other conditions.
There's no such thing as 'mild autism' - a person is Autistic, how severely they are affected may vary and change over time. Autism isn't something that you overcome, it's who a person is and like any other neurology they work with their Autism rather than against it to be their best selves.
Spy vs Spy does have Aspergers or High Functioning Autism.
Yes, there are known situations of persons with autism having children with autism. There is a genetic component to autism. Some people with autism get married and have children. Some of those children have autism, but some do not. Autism varies in its severity, so other people might not recognize that a person has autism. Sometimes a parent with autism or Asperger's Syndrome is not diagnosed until after having a child with a more severe case that is diagnosed.