f the disability. Some of these symptoms may lessen as the child ages; others may disappear altogether. With appropriate intervention, many of the associated behaviors can be positively changed; even to the point in some cases, that the child or adult may appear to the untrained person to no longer have autism. The majority of children and adults will, however, continue to exhibit some manifestations of autism to some degree throughout their entire lives. With appropriate treatment, some behaviors associated with autism may change or diminish over time. That day remains but doctors have recently made great strides in the field of brain research, both using psychology and through highly sophisticated technology. Its anyones guess, though how long it will take him or her to unlock the secret of this fascinating syndrome. (Harris, 1994). Some of the common medications for people with autism are: Ritalin (methylphenidate), Prozac (fluoxetine), Dexedrine, Zoloft, Dimethylglycine, Piracetam, Haldol, Lithium, Melatonin and many others, doctors are not sure what works or not and what works better then others just yet. Aspergers SyndromeA German doctor, Hans Asperger, first described Aspergers syndrome in 1944 (one year after Leo Kanner's first paper on autism). In his paper, Dr. Asperger discussed individuals who exhibited many idiosyncratic, odd-like behaviors. Often individuals with Asperger's syndrome have many of the behaviors listed. Their language is: lucid speech before age 4 years; grammar and vocabulary are usually very good, their speech is sometimes stilted and repetitive, their voice tends to be flat and emotionless, and conversations revolve around self. (Edelson, 1995). Some of the behaviors consist of: movements tending to be clumsy and awkward, odd forms of self-stimulatory behavior, sensory problems appear not to be as dramatic as those with other forms of autism, and socially aware but displays inappropriate reciprocal intera...
