Education
Literature Review
Autism is a developmental disorder of the neural system which can be indentified in young children before the age of three. The portions of the brain affected control talking and communication skills as well as social skills. Ann X. Huang and John J. Wheeler (2006, p. 165) from the Tennessee Technological University described autism as “a complex, behavior-defined developmental disorder.” The most studied categories of autism are for children are in the moderate to severe autism range. The authors pointed out that although the a child may be given a diagnosis of high functioning autism (HFA) since each child is ...