The Emotionally Disturbed
...ce of expressions and social skills, dependency on rituals, and an incredible memory. In small children these characteristics are hard to distinguish, although the three symptoms that are obvious in small children include the inability to prodeclarative pointing, which is pointing at objects to make you look at it, such as a dog, plane, or clown. The second symptom is their lack of gaze monitoring, which is when the child looks in the same direction of someone else, and the third symptom is when the child is unable to pretend play. If a toddler expresses all these symptoms, he is most likely autistic or is suffering from a related disorder. The mind of a normal functional human being is extremely thirsty for knowledge and steadily gains experience and wisdom throughout their life. On the contrary, an autistic child’s brain is limited for capacity and works much slower. Although their brain is very powerful because of the little information it attains, so it is capable of remembering details precisely. There is no single cause of autism and it can not be prevented anyway. Although, studies have found deformities in several regions of the brain including the cerebellum, amygdala, hippocampus, septum and mamillary bodies. The neurons in the brain of an autistic victim are smaller than normal and have stunted nerve fibers which interfere with nerve signaling. All of these discoveries help to better understand the effect of autism, although the disorder requires further study and analysis. There is no cure for autism presently, although therapies, int...