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Is a boy or girl most likely to have autism?

There are about an equal number of boys and girls who are diagnosed with severe cases of autism, but more boys than girls are diagnosed with moderate and mild cases of autism. It has not been determined whether this is because fewer girls have autism or because they are less likely to be diagnosed.


How much more common is Asperger's Syndrome than autism?

Asperger's Syndrome does not seem to occur more frequently than autism. More cases of autism are diagnosed than cases of Asperger's Syndrome. However, due to differences in diagnostic criteria, the difference in occurrence of autism to Asperger's Syndrome can range from slightly more frequent to over 15 times more frequent.


How common is Autism ?

Autism is as common today as it always has been - currently figures put autism diangosis in children at 1 in 50, this doesn't mean an increase in autism but an increase in awareness of autism and better diangosis so more autistic people are now getting diagnosed.


Why is autism so prevalent today?

There's nothing to suggest that autism is more prevalent today than it was decades, hundreds, or thousands of years ago. Autism diagnosis is on the increase but this doesn't mean that autism is on the increase.


How much does society know about autism?

48% of people in north America know about autism


What was the environment when the Navajo Indians in the 1800s?

The same as today, they lived in the same area. The winters were a little colder with more snowfall in the western half of the US during the 1800s.


Are left-handed people more prone to autism?

A person is not more prone to autism, they are either born autisti or they're not. whether they're left or right handed has no relation to their autism.


Is Schizophrenia more common than Autism?

Approximately 11 people per thousand have schizophrenia. Approximately 17.4 people per thousand have autism. Autism is more common than schizophrenia.


What has changed between sports today and sports in the 1800s?

well in the 1800s lots more people around the world played sports because they didnt have technology we have today. they had no television, no computers, and no ipods so playing sports was the oly way of having fun


Can someone have more than one autism spectrum disorder?

No. The descriptions of the autism spectrum disorders are such that you cannot have more than one. However, with more information, the diagnosis might change from one autism spectrum disorder to another. A person with an autism spectrum disorder can have other conditions or disorders, such as ADHD, epilepsy, or bipolar disorder.


How many famous people had autism?

There is no way of knowing. Autism as a diagnosis used to be applied only to severe cases of people (children) totally devoid of the capacity to communicate with others on an emotional level and who could not function outside a strict set of fixed habits. The character Sheldon Cooper in the early years of TV's The Big Bang comedy series was a classic case in point.Today's definition of autism however has come to envelop a very wide range of symptoms, including those cases where 25 years ago a child would be considered no more than a little 'introvert' or more interested in a good book than in playing baseball with his friends - or preferring a structured lifestyle over a more chaotic one.So autism by today's broad definition often covers behavior that contemporaries of famous people in the past found either totally normal or at least not worthy of any comment. So we don't know in most cases.


Why is autism more likely in a smoking pregnancy?

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.