Autism and autistic spectrum disorders?!
Question:
Autism and autistic spectrum disorders?
is autism an autistic spectrum disorder or does autism mean autistic spectrum disorder. which one is portrayed in rain man?
Answers:
Autism falls on the Autism Spectrum. Other disorders on the spectrum include, Asperger's syndrome, Fragile X, Rett Syndrome, Pervasive Developmental Disorder - Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS). Autism itself also has different levels of functioning. Some people have high functioning autism, while others have low functioning autism. And then there are some in between.
The character, Raymond, from Rain Man had autism. But he also was a savant, meaning that he had a special skill that he was incredible at (his being math). Not all people with autism have savant skills. Actually I would say it is uncommon to have a savant skill.