Q.Is autism common?
A. No autism is not very common. It acurs that a child has autism in about 1 out of every 8 children. Also its more likely that a boy would have autism. Autism is not a very common disability.

Q. What is autism?
A. Autism is a brain disorder that effects the whole life of an autistic childs life. it is a disbiliy that effects how the child thinks and feels. it effects how they progect their emotions. it also effects how their nerves react to the to different tastes smells and sounds.it makes their senses very intence.

Q. what are the effects of autism?
Autism effects the senses and social skills of the child. It disables their social skills by not allowing them to have eye contact with someone during a conversation. It also strengthens their senses. It makes their senses more noticeable. If we ate something sweet it would be much less sweet to us than to them.




















Q. Is there a cure?

A. No there is not a cure to autism. It is a very complicated disability and they are trying to find a cure but there isn't one yet.


Q.How long have we known about autism?
A. Throughout history we have noticed behavior differences. It was not first called autism until the 1940s.

Q. What is the autism spectrum?
A. The autism spectrum is a chart that describes the severeness of the autism a child has. It describes what its effects are.