Autism Essay 
Garrett Green
Mr. Van Boening
English 12 Block 8
6 October 2014
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Autistic children experience the world a lot more differently than others. For example, children with autism are not capable of using words, and have a hard time communicating in general by any means. Specific sounds, like loud crashes and yelling, would bother an autistic child that wouldn’t normally bother a child that wasn’t autistic. We need to learn more about autism so we can handle it, as it is the fastest growing developmental disease in the United States.
Autism affects 1 in 150 children in the United States alone, as well as children all over the world. The rate at which the disease is growing is the fastest ever recorded. Rising at a rate of 10 to 17 percent each year due to causes that are yet to be discovered by doctors and Pediatricians (“The Numbers: Autism in the U.S.”, par. 2). The number diagnosed is different between boys and girls, with boys being diagnosed four times more than girls. However, females that are diagnosed with autism tend to have far worse effects than their male counterpart. Exact causes are unknown and are still being researched today. Autism could be genetic, but doctors say the mind is too complicated to determine the exact cause for the disease.
The idea that the disease is developed from genetics is the most researched and thought of cause of autism. The idea of deformed DNA in the X chromosome inherited from the mother plays a big part in researching causes for autism. Other ideas that have been brought up when speaking of causes are vaccines that carry high levels of Mercury. Obtaining diseases such as; Rubella or Encephalitis while carrying a child could have some negative effects prior to the infant being born. Environmental factors such as, Mercury and other environmental toxins of those types could be a cause for the development of autism. The use of alcohol or drugs prior to the child being born also could be another
Mr. Van Boening
English 12 Block 8
6 October 2014
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Autistic children experience the world a lot more differently than others. For example, children with autism are not capable of using words, and have a hard time communicating in general by any means. Specific sounds, like loud crashes and yelling, would bother an autistic child that wouldn’t normally bother a child that wasn’t autistic. We need to learn more about autism so we can handle it, as it is the fastest growing developmental disease in the United States.
Autism affects 1 in 150 children in the United States alone, as well as children all over the world. The rate at which the disease is growing is the fastest ever recorded. Rising at a rate of 10 to 17 percent each year due to causes that are yet to be discovered by doctors and Pediatricians (“The Numbers: Autism in the U.S.”, par. 2). The number diagnosed is different between boys and girls, with boys being diagnosed four times more than girls. However, females that are diagnosed with autism tend to have far worse effects than their male counterpart. Exact causes are unknown and are still being researched today. Autism could be genetic, but doctors say the mind is too complicated to determine the exact cause for the disease.
The idea that the disease is developed from genetics is the most researched and thought of cause of autism. The idea of deformed DNA in the X chromosome inherited from the mother plays a big part in researching causes for autism. Other ideas that have been brought up when speaking of causes are vaccines that carry high levels of Mercury. Obtaining diseases such as; Rubella or Encephalitis while carrying a child could have some negative effects prior to the infant being born. Environmental factors such as, Mercury and other environmental toxins of those types could be a cause for the development of autism. The use of alcohol or drugs prior to the child being born also could be another
Cited: http://www.webmd.com/brain/autism/autism-symptoms http://www.autismspeaks.org/what-autism/symptoms http://www.autismspeaks.org/what-autism/diagnosis http://www.autism-society.org/about-autism/facts-and-statistics/ www.autismsciencefoundation.org/quick-facts-about-autism www.nationalautismassociation.org/resources/autism-fact-sheet/ Reasearch