| That mean old man that is living in the same block | | | | the autism spectrum. |
| with you; perhaps he really isn't mean. Maybe he | | | | The number of children diagnosed with autism has |
| is just sick. Maybe that little girl who will not play | | | | in fact risen from 1 in 3,000 children in the |
| with any other young person in your apartment | | | | mid-1990s to approximately 1 in 500 in more |
| building is actually only suffering from some kind | | | | recent times, while the total number of children |
| of mental disorder. | | | | suffering from various diseases on the autism |
| And maybe the teenager you see in the park | | | | spectrum is estimated closer to 560,000 children |
| standing by himself all the time, staring at a tree | | | | in the United States alone. A sufferer from an |
| and lining things up really isn't the snub you | | | | autism spectrum disorder may have several but |
| thought him to be; maybe the slightly older | | | | not all of the symptoms of autism. |
| woman who comes with him to the park is in | | | | Some experts think that the dramatically |
| actuality not a child molester but a caregiver. | | | | improved and standardized methods for |
| There are so many people with autism in the | | | | diagnosing autism account for why the numbers |
| United States today, and more keep popping out | | | | are raising so, while others think it is the increased |
| of the woodwork all the time. With the better | | | | awareness of autism in both the medical and the |
| diagnostic techniques that are available today, so | | | | general community that has caused the spikes. |
| many improbable suspects suddenly turn up | | | | Others think it is not. |
| suffering from autism or some other disease on | | | | |