The Age of Autism is an investigation by Dan Olmsted the global epidemic of Autism and the relationship between Autism and Mercury poisoning. It was written from January 2005 to July 2007.
Autism.
No one 'gets' autism. Autism is a neurological difference, people who are autistic are born autistic and it'snot something that they contract.
All age groups are affected by autism. Autism is a neurological difference that starts within the womb and continues throughout a persons entire life. A person is Autistic throughout their lives so at all ages, it does not just effect someone for a specific number of years or during a specific age range.
There is no evidence of this.
No. Autism is either developed at birth, or you develop it in your first living months.
Autism has a genetic component, so people can be born with it. Others are born with a susceptibility to autism that is probably triggered by an environmental factor. So, there are newborns with autism. Usually, autism is not diagnosed until age 2 or 3, but some cases are diagnosed earlier, and some are not identified until much later.
Autism has lots of behaviors. The 3 major symptoms is ignoring people, can't talk at an age when you should be able to, and behavior that is unusual.
Yes, genetic influences on autism are believed to be 74%-98%. This figure comes from a large-scale research project on twins, where one twin was allistic and the other was Autistic. We do not know exactly what factors lead to autism, but as a normal human variant it was bound to be genetic.
Yes, both males and females of any age can be diagnosed with an autistic spectrum disorder, though it is more common among males. There are roughly 4 males with autism for every 1 female with autism
Autism is a neurological difference that people are born with, it effects autistic people their entire lives. Autistic people may be more severely effected as children but as they grow-up they learn to manage their autism a little better, wheras lack of support means autistic people can be more severely effected as they start to enter old age.
Autism is a condition that is present from birth although it is not normally recognised until around the age of 3. This is because it is mainly a social disorder and people do not really mix with other people until around the age of 3. In some people, it is not caught until later on in childhood You don't 'get' autism, in the sense that you develop it or catch it. Rather you are born with it. Autism expresses itself in language processing and social behaviour disfunctions, which don't really tend to be obvious until children are of the age when they are supposed to be developing language and a capacity to relate to others. For example, some children with autism don't begin to speak until late, although when they do start, they are sometimes as articulate as the rest of their age group. Temple Grandin is an example of a person with autism who didn't start talking until relatively late (3 and a 1/2 - before that, she mainly screamed) but has become highly articulate and holds a PhD.
Autistic people can be affected in a variety of ways, it can change over time or change depending on situation. Generally speaking Autism symptoms improve as a person goes into adulthood, but they can regress as a result of stressful life events or as they enter old-age. In a child Autism may worsen if they are put under pressure to act Neurotypical or not fully supported as Autistic people.