justin nguyen: with the rise in the diagnosis, questions arise.s, what is autism, and how does it affect such a large segment? leah phillips: we interviewed a doctor from the brain tumor sector to find out. definition,inical it is a developmental disturbance that children at a certain age could not meet certain milestones, so that they will have a problem of communication, withdrawal from social activity, and also , a collection of symptoms. assuming i am autistic, when i look at you, i feel horrible, not because you are bad. in my mind, i see everything overload. not just problems in communication but they feel horrible, horrible pain. united states, we are one out of 58, if you thought of a trajectory of statistical change , it will probably affect every family in the next 10 years. after this point, i would say there is no treatment for us. leah phillips: in addition to this, searchable organizations have been set up to provide information and help for families affected by autism. these are based on federal and state dollars to function. women

justin nguyen: with the rise in the diagnosis, questions arise.st being what is autism, , and how does it affect such a large segment? leah phillips: we interviewed a doctor from the brain tumor sector to find out. >> by the clinical definition, it is a developmental disturbance that children at a certain age could not meet certain milestones, so that they will have a problem of communication, withdrawal from social activity, and also symptoms, a collection of symptoms.

leah phillips and justin nguyen won the candidate to discuss autism. >> 1% of the world population suffersrom autism spectrum disorder. millionmeans that 3 americans are affected today. >> this number is growing. by 6% been increasing each year since 2002. >> many questions arise. the first being, what is autism, and why does it affect such a big population? autism, by the clinical definition, is a developmental oforder that children certain ages cannot meet milestones. they will have problems with communication. autism is a symptom, a collection of the symptom. assuming i'm just a kid, when i look at you, i feel horrible. not because you are bad. , they are not just having problems communicating, they have a horrible pain. the trajectory of the statistical change, it probably will affect every family in the next 10 years. up to this point in time, there is no treatment for autism. >> in addition, chaired organizations have been set up to provide information and help families affected by autism. these organizations have federal and state dollars to function. we contacted a private organiza

our winners leah phillips and nguyen again -- justin want discussion on students with autism.alled "autism is a journey, not a sentence." >> the number is growing. studies have shown the prevalence of autism has been increasing by six percent-15% each year since 2002. >> with the rise in autism diagnosis, questions arise. what is autism? how does it affect such a large segment of the population. a doctor toiewed find out. >> the clinical definition is a developmental disorder. at a certain age, cannot meet certain milestones have a problem with communications. they withdraw from social activities. are ase symptoms collection of symptoms. assuming i am a an autistic kid. when i look at you, you look horrible. not because you are bad. in my mind, i see everything overloaded. not just having a problem communicating that they feel horrible, horrible pain. one out ofstates, 58, have to remember, if you follow the trajectory, it will affect every family in the next 10 years. up to this point i would say there is no treatment for autism. this addition to university's charitable organ