Childhood Autism

Autism is a condition of unknowns. While other childhood disabilities are more obvious and increasingly more treatable, such as physical abnormalities and some kinds of retardation, autism has long been surrounded with uncertainty and disagreement. But regardless of the terminology, it is clear that children who are called autistic are in trouble. There have been recent alterations in thinking about the autistic, much of it occurring during the last decade. Childhood autism has become a fashionable subject among child psychologists and others concerned with disabilities of children. The future is becoming brighter for autistic children. - Preface.