... shown pictures of people. Fortunately, the Children neurologically responded to loved ones, rather than rejecting them as they did when they saw pictures of strangers. Autistic children can be mistaken as ignorant and unresponsive to feelings, in severe cases. The documentary in TIME also stated that when the mother was in grief from a stressful day, the autistic child arbitrarily consoled the mother, showing signs of compassion. Autistic traits persist into adulthood, but vary in severity. Some adults with autism function well, earning college degrees and living independently. Others never develop the skills of daily living, and may be incorrectly diagnosed with a variety of psychiatric illnesses. According to one study, if a child has autism, each of the parent's later children has an 8% to 9% chance of having autism. This is 100 to 200 times greater than in the general population. Studies of twins provide the ...

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