Someone who is born on the autism spectrum/has autism spectrum disorder/is autistic. Often used in an offensive manner towards autistic people.
1 in 100 of the population have autistic spectrum disorder. 0.2% are female, and 1.8% are male.
Rita Jordan has written: 'The National Autistic Society' 'Teaching language and autism' 'Meeting the needs of children with autistic spectrum disorders' 'The special curricular needs of autistic children'
There is a Autism Physician Handbook that can be downloaded at autismcanada.org. There is a wealth of infomration concerning autistic spectrum disorders at www.hhs.gov/autism. I am sure that your doctor could also provide you with some information concerning spectrum disorders or refer you to someone that can help you.
High Functioning is an offensive and meaningless term, it's about judging Autistic people as acceptable or not based on how severely they're effects by their Autism or the ways in which their Autism effects them. An Autistic person is an Autistic person, full stop.
An autie is an informal, usually affectionate, term for a person who is on the autistic spectrum but not diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome.
There are many types of autistic spectrum disorders, but to make it simple, it is a type of brain disorder that can have an impact on social skills, development, disability, impairment, and other wide ranges of systems related to the brain. Some of the most common autisitic spectrum disorders include Apergers, autism, PDD, Rett syndrome, and CDD
No, Michael Jackson did not have autism. Jackson was never diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and there is no reason to think that he was autistic as he showed no Autistic characteristics.
That depends on your definition of "wrong". A person with autism is at one end of a spectrum of what is seen in a population.
Autism is a spectrum, so people with ASD (autism spectrum disorder) vary hugely in their abilities. Some cannot read and are very disabled; others are highly literate, with skills above the general population.
Autistic women can absolutely get pregnant. The fact that a person is on the Autism spectrum does not interfere with their ability to carry and raise children. Furthermore, being pregnant does not affect autism, nor does autism affect pregnancy as far as is known.
There is no evidence of that. Recent studies are suggesting that the cause of autism spectrum is related to the age of the father at the time of conception, if 45 or older, the chances of an autistic child are higher.