many chin with autism, likeesley, ke appently meaningls sods. [a! aah!] manyththirsympm is that chdren with ausm respond to a limit number of sti. some may sit and stare fohours, rocking back a forth endlessly. some prefer a rigid sameness in their activities and dospd well chaes in thr ves. it is the hallmark of autm at allhese types of symptompear verearly, often within the first 3o months, and theyay range mostxperts agreeer that what's common to all people with autism is that the disorder is organic. anne donnean has written about and rearched autism extensively. autism is a tremendous deficit, a profound deficit in t-way social interaction and communication. there probably isn't anything more pround as a deficit because most of us come neurologically hot-wired as infants to learn about social information through our parents or person in thearenting role. and that early interaction, that tuning, that wonderful dance that goes on between the parent and the child, teaches the child essentlly everything they need to know about being socially competent in