Roughly 1 in 100 people have autism. 1 in 4 of autistic people are female.
4:1
Actually the CDC put the ratio of autism at 1 in 68 today. There is absolutely nothing to suggest that autism has increased at all, so this ration also represents autistic people in 1992 - autism isn't on the increase, diagnosis of autism is on the increase, it's an important difference.
Autism affects people across all nationalities, races, and social backgrounds. Family income, lifestyle or educational levels have no bearing on the likelihood of a child having ASD. About four out of every five individuals with autism are male. (This gender difference is not unique to autism since many developmental disabilities have a greater male to female ratio.)
autism
Infantile Autism is when a baby or toddler (an Infant) has autism.
Basicly, autism is something you are born to have, not something that you could grow into. So, adult autism, means that a child with autism grows up and become an adult with autism. However, if you didn't find out that you have autism until you are an adult, then your autism must be the mild kind on the entire autism spectrum.
Biologial. Autism is neurodevelopmental. There are hereditary and genetic ties to autism.
No, Jedward do not have autism.
No, Macy Gray does not have autism, although she does shows for autism causes.
Autism can be inherited from parents with genes for autism. Autism can also be the result of the spontaneous mutation of a gene. It is suspected that a person with the genes for autism might need an environmental factor (in the womb or shortly after birth) to trigger the development of autism.
he does have autism
No, autism is rare and not contagious.