What is Autism?
This is by far the most frequently asked question. Briefly, it is a severely incapacitating life long developmental disorder that typically occurs in the first three years of life.
It causes impairment or disturbance in three main areas Social skills, communicative (verbal as well as non-verbal) skills and in their repetitive and restricted behaviors.
Autistic individuals may show abnormal responses to sensations. Any one or more of the senses may be affected. All these difficulties manifest themselves in behaviours i.e. abnormal ways of relating to people, objects and events in the environment.
Autism is known as a ‘spectrum disorder,’ because the severity of symptoms ranges from a mild learning and social disability to a severe impairment, with multiple problems and highly unusual behavior.
The disorder may occur alone, or with accompanying problems such as mental retardation or seizures. Autism is not a rare disorder, being the third most common developmental disorder, more common than Down’s Syndrome.
Typically, about 20 in a population of 10,000 people will be autistic or have autistic symptoms. 80% of those affected by autism are boys.
Autism is found throughout the world, in families of all economic, social, and racial backgrounds. Doctors, politicians, and rickshaw drivers alike all have autistic children.
If autism means being pure in beliefs, then i just hope that every one of us is autistic. Karan has done a fab job of bringing two very serious subjects together in an effortless way. People really need a dose of humanity to see them through all the hatred around us. I think its the so called normal people of society who are actually handicapped by all the crap that people fill their minds with.
Autism affects 1 in 90 kids actually. The numbers have climbed up tremendously. It is not that rare any more. The environment is to blame as well.
ya..i reaLLY THINK THIS muvie is a must to watch…what i appreciate is that the film shows the +ve attitude towards people suffering from autism.. and i really feel sharukh is a great actor and whatever he would act ,he does full justice to his work..and he really goes in into his character..which exactly a charcter of that film needs to be…
@Sneha
You moron, first of all autism is not being pure in beliefs (whatever that means). Second suicide bombers are pure in beliefs so I hope not everyone or even a single one is like that. Third, autism is evolutionarily unstable so it can’t survive if everyone has it. However so is stupidity one would think but you’re still here…..
What is wrong with people nowadays…does one have to be rude to express oneself?? Does ‘whatzin Aname’ know how stupid it is to be so rude and call Sneha a ‘moron’? Yes, you are right, Whatzin Aname, stupidity is still around.