Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Notecard #1

Rimland, Bernard. "Autism." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 2008. Grolier Online. 16 Sep. 2008 . John Carroll School. <http://go-passport.grolier.com/>.

  • Out of all the children diagnosed with autism, 75% of them are boys, while only 25% are girls.
  • Autism is reported to occur in 45 to 60 out of every 10,000 children born.
  • 80% of children with autism are also mentally retarded.
  • There is no true cure for autism; however, there are many treatment programs that can help autistic people.

Direct Quote:
  • "Autism is a rare, profound, and poorly understood mental disorer that severely impairs a person's abilities, particularly in the areas of language and social relations."

1 comment:

izzyselection08 said...

I don't know if this is still a valid comment (as in, if the project is finished or not) but if you want to talk to an autistic person, ask me and I can tell you more about it.