Autism is a mental disease or disorder characterized by difficulties and problems in talking, interacting, communicating, and performing activities. Autism is characterized in many different degrees, one worse than the other. The disorder is commonly established in the first 2 years of age; anyhow, they are autistic since the first day they were born. According to scientists, autism is much more likely in boys than in girls: one in 88 girls and I in 54 boys.

 Autism is the fastest growing disease in the United States. This complex disorder has no cure, except to understand the “world” of these children. Autism is an expensive disease, costing a family $60000 a year. The many different symptoms of autism can occur by themselves or in combination with other conditions such as: mental retardation, blindness, deafness, and epilepsy and echolalia. Children with autism vary widely in their abilities and behavior. Each symptom may appear differently in each autistic child.

Children with autism often show some forms repetitive behavior called stereotype behavior. Each child with autism is unique. Some symptoms and characteristics are problems in socialization, speech, language, and communication, strange relationships to objects and events, unusual responses to sensory stimulation, and progress delays. Autism is a mental disease or disorder characterized by