Developmental Disabilities Are Common Among People

Developmental disabilities are common among people. There are many different types of disabilities. One of the most common developmental disabilities is Autism. This disability is so common that chances are that everyone has come in contact with an autistic person at one point in their life. I especially became interested in learning about autism when I learned that a close family friend had an autistic child. My research focused on the history of autism and also finding the causes, symptoms, and treatments for an autistic person. Autism is more formally known as Autistic Spectrum Disorder. According to Vatanoglu-Lutz (2014) , â€Å"Autism is considered as one of the five pervasive developmental disorders, which are characterized by widespread abnormalities of social interactions and communication, and severely restricted interests and highly repetitive behavior† (p. 426). Although there is much known about autism today, in past years very little was known. 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