history: My brother's son appears to have autism. They're still going through the early stages of figuring that out. I want to be prepared to be as helpful as possible with it.
knowledge: Parents usually notice signs in the first two or three years of their child's life.
response: They parents usually notice the first signs within two or three years.
history: My brother's son appears to have autism. They're still going through the early stages of figuring that out. I want to be prepared to be as helpful as possible with it.
They parents usually notice the first signs within two or three years.
Yeah, I think that sounds about right for my brother and his wife. What are some of the effects of it?
knowledge: Autism affects information processing in the brain by altering how nerve cells and their synapses connect and organize; how this occurs is not well understood.
response: Well, I know that it affects information processing within the brain, but it is not understood how exactly it occurs
history: My brother's son appears to have autism. They're still going through the early stages of figuring that out. I want to be prepared to be as helpful as possible with it.
They parents usually notice the first signs within two or three years.
Yeah, I think that sounds about right for my brother and his wife. What are some of the effects of it?
Well, I know that it affects information processing within the brain, but it is not understood how exactly it occurs
Understandable. Can you give me some more obscure specifics that might be harder to find or understand?
knowledge: These signs often develop gradually, though some children with autism reach their developmental milestones at a normal pace and then worsen.
response: Let me see. The sings actually develop gradually, but some autistic children develop at a normally and then worsen
history: My brother's son appears to have autism. They're still going through the early stages of figuring that out. I want to be prepared to be as helpful as possible with it.
They parents usually notice the first signs within two or three years.
Yeah, I think that sounds about right for my brother and his wife. What are some of the effects of it?
Well, I know that it affects information processing within the brain, but it is not understood how exactly it occurs
Understandable. Can you give me some more obscure specifics that might be harder to find or understand?
Let me see. The sings actually develop gradually, but some autistic children develop at a normally and then worsen
Some blanks are starting to get filled in. So, what's one last thing you really think I should know, that you think is important?
knowledge: Autism is caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors.
response: The disorder is caused by genetic factors as well as environmental ones.