Introduction/Definition
Autism is one of the pervasive developmental disorders characterized by difficulty with social interactions, impairment in communication, both verbal and nonverbal and a pattern of repetitive with a restricted pattern of movement. (Chiu 2011). Also, together with these aforementioned characteristics, autistic patients, they also have difficulties using language, relating with other individuals and also, properly interpreting and responding to the external world around them. Although the disorder begins in childhood, a diagnosis of autism is not made until the child is aged 3 years. However, the child would have been showing some symptoms of autism between the ages of 12-18 months. (Dryden-Edwards & ...
