After working in the autism filed for the last 3 years I have worked with a larger number of children with this disorder. I found this article at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110815095019.htm. It is a study that that 1 in 110 children have autism and out of that number studies show that mor than 19% of younger sibling also have been diagnosed with the disorder.
I have seen children with siblings that have no effects at all and I have seen some with every sibling have some form of autism. It is almost as if autism is being studied more as an incurable disorder, Though i have no degree in medical science and have never seen a child be cured. I cannot say it can't happen. I have seen children that hit every milestone on target and then at the age of 3 lose all communication skills, and begin from the beginning again. I have seen children hat are in 4th grade in just a few months raise there academics from a 2nd grade level to grade level expectations. In the children i worked with I had 2 or 3 that had siblings that had some form of autism. One case was 5 kids all having some form of autism but the youngest. That next to youngest was the worst case being non verbal and violent.
In my opinion I believe that more studies need to be done. I have seen case on both sides. I know many believe that autism is caused by vaccinations and though many studies have shown that vaccinations are not the case. I have seen children who were developing fine then got vaccines and suddenly had autism.I straddle the fence on the whole subject. I see in at many angles. But all in all autism is the new disease just as ADD was 15 years ago.
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