News Paper: CNN.com

Article type: Autism/ Health

Author: Miriam Falco

Have you ever watched a show where the words of the character are not in sync with his lips? It can be very aggravating and irritating for the viewer, but for some autistic children, this seems to be normal.

After reading an article on CNN.com about how children with Autism process things a little bit slower, we learn that they can even take longer to connect sight and sound. After taking a test with two groups of kids ages 6-18 half with Autism and half still developing, they took a test to determine how quickly they can put things together.

After the test, the results showed that kids with autism take longer to connect the dots whereas the kids tested without autism could process the sight and sound almost right when it happened. This study explains why autistic children have some of the habits that they have such as repeating themselves.

This article was completely non biased, because it focused strictly on the study and did not really give an opinion about it. This is where the reader steps up and gives their own opinion. When I asked my aunt, who has an autistic child herself, she explained to me, “This is completely true what the article states. Many children will be classified with a more severe Autism because of the processing delay that they have to live with.” I personally found this particular article quite interesting because I have a family member that suffers from this and he amazes me every day, so I am always happy to learn more about Autism.