Autistic savant an autistic individual who displays incredible aptitude for one or two skills. Autistic Spectrum Disorders Term that encompasses autism and similiar disorders. Aversives Behavioral methods employing punishment rather than positive reinforcement. Often use physical pain. The child is rated in 15 areas on a scale up to 4 yielding a total up to 60, than ranges are considered to be non-autistic, autistic, and severely autistic.
Clusters constitute evidence in the search for causes of diseases and conditions.
In early 1999, an autism cluster was reported in the Brick Township of New Jersey. A physician who subscribes to the DAN protocol and attended a DAN Conference. A protocol for the assessment of the underlying disorders that is causing the autism. It is the result of the DAN conferences. It functions as an autism rating device, and is basically being used to gather data for study.