Autism: False Words and False Hope


Steven Hajducko
Prof. Sims
MWF 10:00-11:00 29
November 1995

Autism is a childhood disease where the child is in a private world of
their own. A description of an autistic child by her mother is:

We start with an image---a tiny, golden child on hands and knees,
circling round and round a spot on the floor in mysterious self-
absorbed delight. She does not look up, though she is smiling and
laughing; she does not call our attention to the mysterious
object of her pleasure. She does not see us at all. She and the spot
are all there is, and though she is eighteen months old, an age
for touching, tasting, pointing, pushing, exploring, she is doing
none of these. (Groden 2)

This is the most important trait in an autistic child: They don't interact or
socialize with other people. Other characteristics in autistic children are
language retardation and ritualistic......

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