Autism
Autism is a lifelong developmental disability that affects how a person communicates and relates to people around them. Children and adults with autism are unable to relate to others in a meaningful way. Their ability to develop friendships is impaired, as is their capacity to understand other people's feelings. People with autism often have accompanying learning disabilities, but everyone with the condition shares a difficulty in making sense of the world. There is also a condition called Asperger syndrome, a form of autism used to describe people at the higher functioning end of the autistic spectrum. Reality to an autistic person is a confusing, interacting mass of events, people, places, sounds and sights. There seems to be no clear boundaries, order or meaning to anything.
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