After further analysis the doctor comes back and says, your child has level 2 autism. Your throat drops to your chest and you begin to panic, grasping at your mate’s hand. You start to frantically ask all these questions. Is it curable? Will my child grow out of autism?

Ever since we have been introduced to the “autism umbrella” or the “autism spectrum”, there has been some confusion about where Asperger’s syndrome comes into play. Does my child have autism or Asperger’s? Is there a difference?

Autism is a very common disorder. Approximately one in 68 children are on the autism spectrum. However, very little is definitively known about the cause of autism. Autism has a genetic component, but it isn’t entirely clear what exact role genes play in autism.