... common in all areas and cultures 'Cohen, Bolton (2001) pg 26 However according to Mukherji, Brain (2005) pg Autism tends to be diagnosed when the child is round 2 or 3 years although some parents may identify some odd behaviour in their child earlier on. Most children with autism have learning difficulties and over half have an IQ of below 5; however it appears that autism is something separate from learning difficulties. Many researchers appear to focus more on able children with autism, to separate the disorder from learning difficulties, in order to learn more about autism itself. However their is no one fixed explanation of ' Autism', mainly because the characteristics used to diagnose the child with autism are similar but, the behaviour and abilities of each child with autism will differ and so it is not easy to find one single cause. Current research is focusing on whether chemical ...

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