What is autism ?

Once, in 1983, a psychiatric doctor named Hans Asperger, known as the inventor of Asperger's Syndrome do research on the behavior of four boys weird. They are the lack of emphaty, really cool if invited talk, like noises that magic can not understand what he meant by others, and often to repeat a movement.

"But these kids are also a genius," said Mr. Asperger's. "They are very quick to absorb the information related to something they like. For example, like in an airplane. The ins and outs of the aircraft must know in detail. So, I am glad to call them as little professor! "

Though the term autism in modern terminology was first introduced by Mr. Asperger's, but the autism itself is said to have discovered long ago, long before the term autism is made. Evidence of this can be seen among others from the writings of Martin Luther (the German clergy who lived between the years 1483 to 1546), entitled Table Talk. There, Mr. Luther tells of a 12-year-old child who shows symptoms of autism. It's just that, because Mr. Luther did not know the scientific explanation of the symptoms of autism, he thought if the child .... Soulless mass of flesh possessed by the devil!

Long after the departure of Mr. Luther, new in 1910 there was a Swiss psychiatrist who noticed this problem. Psychiatrist named Eugen Bleuler concluded that these symptoms refer to psychological disorders: schizophrenia (read: insane). Mr. Bleuler and naming the symptoms with autismus are derived from the word from the Greek: autos (which means self).

After Mr. Bleuler, appeared Mr. Asperger earlier! Mr. Asperger's who was then one of the psychiatrists at the Vienna University Hospital autismus terminology adapted version of Mr. Bleuler became autistic psychopathy (autism = self, personality, psychopathy = disease). Just the way his research, Mr. Asperger found that autism was not crazy! They only impaired the development of nerve cells that cause the brain to be strange behavior.

So It Is Autism?

Autism is .... A spectrum of neurodevelopment condition! It's a part of brain developmental disorder. - (Definition of the Autism Research Center, USA). In short, someone said to suffer from autism due to impaired development of nerve cells of the brain that causes him so it would not be able to communicate and socialize with others, even with the closest people even as parents and siblings. The patients seemed to live in a world of their own and do not care at all with around!

When exactly did it start there interference? Do not know .... What is clear in general, the symptoms could plasticity before the three-year-old sufferer. Although, not a newly discovered well after the person is sitting in kindergarten or elementary school even the early years.

What Causes Autism?

It's hard to answer! You see, until now scientists have not a single voice when explaining the causes of autism. There are experts who said that genetic factors play a major role in causing a person suffering from autism. Meanwhile, other experts claim autism as a congenital birth defects due to one or more fruit 'agent' (eg, toxicity of drugs that move from the old person's body to the unborn baby).

Continues, there are more experts who blame vaccines given to infants, especially hepatitis B vaccine? He said hell, Hepatitis B vaccine is included in the MMR (Mumps, Measles, and rubella) contains a preservative called thimerosal, which consists of etilmerkuri, which became the main cause of autism.

Autism symptoms

1. Can not form a relationship with anyone.
2. Always avoid eye contact with others. Whether it was because did not like, or it can not.
3. Can not get invited to a two-way communication.
4. If speaking, the language used by the language of autism "Tarzan"! Nobody understands except he himself.
5. More interested in inanimate objects than humans or other living things. But, like inanimate objects that usually just one. Anyway, everywhere that he wrote flickey!
6. Repetitive behavior? For example, love to do a spin like a top. If banned, he'll fit! And if the tantrum, if not attack other people, people with autism will hurt himself.

Source : www.hai-online.com