Autism in child

- a brain-based developmental disorder that affects a person's ability to communicate and interact socially with other people, as well as impairs his ability to engage in developmentally appropriate behaviours.
- some show limited or total lack of spoken language.
- display a lack of spontaneous interest in things and relationships around them.
- there's no known cure for this life-long disorder.
- child does not outgrow it although the symptoms may lessen with educational interventions.

one parent related experience:
- child at 16mth old wasn't able to point to things.
- did not really babble
- seek paediatric developmental doc
- seek private professional resources after some "information overload" and small confusion while waiting to see a medical social worker.