Slightly more than 125,000 children are born each year who have mental retardation. Today, one out of every ten Americans has a family member with mental retardation. Children and adults with autism typically have deficiencies in communication.
Some people have difficulty with social interactions and leisure or play activities.
They may exhibit repeated body movements, unusual responses to other people or attachments to objects. Autism presents itself differently from person to person. This condition exhibits in the form of mobility differences, communication difficulties seizures or any combination of these. Epilepsy is a chronic condition of recurrent unprovoked seizures. It is not a disease.