me cases, Autistic persons can be a genius in some areas, and clueless in other aspects. There are many cases where children communicate through sequences such as prime numbers. Patterns and mathematics, anything with some type of order give meaning to them. Playing cards, sticks, numbers, similar objects can all stimulate an autistic, allowing some type of breakthrough for understanding. Individuals may also experience sensitivities in the five senses of sight hearing, touch taste and smell. Over half a million people in the United States today have autism or some form of developmental disorder (ASOA 1). There are still many questions to be answered, and there is not a proven therapy method that treats the disorder. Neurological studies have been done, but there are more theories for answers than facts. Those who have the condition, and are echolalic are the best keys to understanding, and opening the door to treatment. Sometimes listening to them explain their condition gives us more comprehension:I think a way to understand autism is to imagine being in a foreign country where you know the language poorly if at all. Then imagine the lights are turned up a notch too bright And the sounds are just a bit too loud And the culture is full off unusual and unpleasant odors And if youre a child, people who speak the language and think the sounds, and lights and odors are just fine are telling you what to do. A hard situation! Its much more a sensory/communications thing than the mysterious otherworldly thing a lot of people seem to imagine it to be. For example, if you were in the situation I described above, youd probably try to orient yourself by becoming very attached to certain routines or things. This isnt strange at all! But its treated as Bizarre that autistic persons do exactly that! Its not bizarre, its common sense. Also in that situation youd be jumpy and possibly become violent if you were confronted with something...
