Lauren Cannon English 101 Section N Mr . A particular time in my life when my language was challenged, was about four years ago when my family and I received the news that my cousin Michael was autistic. All of us soon learned that Michael could not comprehend our everyday language, we couldn't talk to him the way we would normally talk to a two year old.
Autism is a developmental disorder that usually appears in the first three years in life.
Autism is four times more prevalent in boys then in girls and knows,no social, ethnic or racial boundaries. Autism interferes with the normal development of the brain in areas of reasoning, social interaction, and communication skills. Soon after his diagnosis, Michael started a home therapy called Discrete Trial Training. The goal of this therapy was to get Michael developmentally where he should have been. The other therapists and I worked diligently to teach Michael to talk, follow directions, and basically treat him as normally as we possibly could.