Autism

Autism is one of the most severe and disruptive of all childhood disorders - a level of disruption that of course lasts well into adulthood. With both genetic and environmental elements at work in it, autism (which affects boys at least three times more often than girls and is found in all races and throughout the world) is a communicative disorder that interferes with an individual's ability to form social relationships as well as to communicate with others. This paper examines this particular disability and argues that at least for schoolchildren with autism a program of behavioral analysis can prove to be highly effective in treating this complex disability.

Autism is distinguished by a number of often dramatic and sometimes even violent symptoms that often prevent autistic children from being educated in non-special education classrooms. However, while special-education classrooms are often the best educational arena for autistic children, the autistic individual's behavior - which is primarily marked by significant withdrawal from the world and an extreme aversion to entering the social spaces

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