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It was first diagnosed in 1747 with the case of Hugh Blair Borogue.
Some adults might not be diagnosed as having autism until they are adults. Autism is generally believed to have a genetic component, which means a person is born with it. If a person has a mild case of autism or was misdiagnosed, it might not be correctly diagnosed until adulthood.
1 in 100 children are diagnosed with Autism.
Every 20 minutes a child gets diagnosed with autism.
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.
No.
It isn't a disease. It's a disorder. And the chances of a child being diagnosed with autism is 1 in 150 .
That is a hard question to answer since autism isn't diagnosed at birth. Children with autism do not have special features as some other diagnosed disabilities do. However the statistics are that every twenty minutes a child is diagnosed wth 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.
Some are. Rain Man, Temple Grandin are diagnosed with autism and they are still famous.
Temple Grandin was diagnosed with autism as a child. She has high-functioning autism or Asperger's Syndrome.