The Effects Of Autism On Children s Children - 1076 Words

Meghan Egan English 1010 Dr. Dugger 18 February 2016 Autistic Children Life can be troubling, confusing, aggravating, although it can also be delightful, happy, and relaxing. Knowing someone with autism can lead to more confusion, but a child that has autism can be even worse. Commonly people aren’t aware that their child is autistic or that someone around them is autistic. Classifying children as autistic is done correctly and incorrectly every day, because autism has just become recognized and isn’t commonly known by most people and doctors recently. There are many different views on autism, whether it is classified to the children correctly or incorrectly using the DSM-5, and if autism is treated effectively. Autism is the general term†¦show more content†¦There’s the theory of issues with mother’s pregnancy. Such as the age of the mother, illnesses the mother has, low birth weight of the mother, and difficulty during the time of birth can be combined in different ways and can cause different levels of autism. There could be issues in the brain that could have started at the when the child was a baby. There can be different chemical connections that don t connect correctly. There has also been a number of genes that have been known to improve the chances of autism. For example, families that have twins are more likely to have children with autism, especially if they are identical twins (â€Å"Autism Spectrum Fact Sheet†). Since there isn’t a certain type of autism then, that means there isn’t a cure for autism. In other words, there is no cure for autism. Therapies, therapists, interventions, and medication can maybe help the child’s autistic issues. Some ways can help or they can do nothing for the child. For example, my nine year old brother has autism. He ranges from the speech impediment side of disorders on the autism spectrum to the extreme emotional anger side of the spectrum for autism. He is on four different medications in the morning and three different medications at night. The medication does help, depending on the time of day. Just like normal medication, his medication takes about thirty minutes to an hour to affect his behavior. Once in a while my