I know of nobody who is purely autistic, or purely neurotypical.

Even God has some autistic moments, which is why the planets spin.
Jerry Newport

The psychological Disorder

Autism is a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behaviour . The diagnostic criteria require that symptoms become apparent before a child is three years old . Autism affects information processing in the brain by altering how nerve cells and their synapses connect and organize; how this occurs is not well understood. It is one of three recognized disorders in the autism spectrum (ASDs), the other two being Asperger syndrome, which lacks delays in cognitive development and language, and pervasive developmental disorder, not otherwise specified (commonly abbreviated as PDD-NOS), which is diagnosed when the full set of criteria for autism or Asperger syndrome are not met.

Causes of autism
It has long been presumed that there is a common cause at the genetic, cognitive, and neural levels for autism's characteristic triad of symptoms. However, there is increasing suspicion that autism is instead a complex disorder whose core aspects have distinct causes that often cooccur. Autism has a strong genetic basis, although the genetics of autism are complex and it is unclear whether ASD is explained more by rare mutations with major effects, or by rare multigene interactions of common genetic variants. Complexity arises due to interactions among multiple genes, the environment, and epigenetic factors which do not change DNA but are heritable and influence gene expression. Studies of twins suggest that heritability is 0.7 for autism and as high as 0.9 for ASD, and siblings of those with autism are about 25 times more likely to be autistic than the general population.

Deletion (1), duplication (2) and inversion (3) are all chromosome abnormalities that have been implicated in autism.

Treatment
There is no gold standard for autism treatment. Unlike many other conditions, the causes of autism are poorly understood. What's more, each person with autism displays a different set different physical, emotional, behavioural and social issues. To make the situation even tougher, up until less than 20 years ago, autism was a rare disorder and received relatively little attention from the medical community. As of now, there are a grand total of two treatments which have been "scientifically proven" to be effective for people with autism. The first, Applied Behavioural Analysis (ABA), is a non-medical therapeutic approach. It has been studied carefully for decades and is relatively easy to study, as it has very measurable goals. The second is an antipsychotic medication called Risperdal (risperidone): the first and only medication to be specifically approved for use in autism. Of course, ABA and/or Risperdal are neither cure-alls nor are they right for every person with autism.

Statistics
Experts estimate that two to six children out of every 1,000 will have autism. Males are four times more likely to have autism than females. Therefore, it can be summarized that between 1 in 500 (2/1,000) to 1 in 166 children (6/1,000) have autism.

The population of India is 1,224,615,000, therefore according to the study 2449230 people in India have autism. Every year 26 million children are born in India and 52000 of them will be autistic as shown in the study.

Awareness in India
Many people were unaware about autism in our country (and still are) but after this film was released more people got to know about this disease and its effects. This film was not only released in India but was released in many other countries as well. This film was a huge eye opener for all the unaware people in our country.

A few pictures of the autism affected children in our country

Autism Related organizations in India

Action For Autism (AFA)
Autism Society of India (ASI) Astalavista Society for the Autistics in India (SAI)

Schools for autistic children in delhi

Inspiration Nai Disha Vocational Centre School and Research Centre for Children with Autism and Multiple Disabilities Action For Autism SHAKTI UDAAN-INDIRA Centre

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Made By Mayank Makkar DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL Mathura Road