Depends. It's not as if autism is as simple as an on/off thing. I agree that people who possess one of the milder forms of autism, like Asperger's, definitely don't need to be 'cured' at all. But then there are other autistic people who utterly lack basic social skills and learning capabilities. Some so severe that they need near-constant care and supervision. That seems to be the type of person people think of when they hear 'autism,' and the type they think needs to be 'cured.'

Interesting you show the fixation on very very minute tiny objects, not sure about the blurry vision but that fixation and zooming in on very tiny details.

Well I myself have autism, and I have never saw the world in that way (ironically my vision is better than 20/20). I think you can do all the research you want, but you'll never be able to come close to understanding what it is like to have autism. If anyone did, there would likely be less people saying how it needs to be "cured". That's like saying I also should be "cured" of my blue eyes, when in reality there is nothing wrong with such.

not neccesserly, my mom works with autistic children and has found that a lot of the recent diagnosed in fact don't have autism and have different conditions. But since autism allows the child more help from the goverment than other similar conditions a lot of kids are diagonosed as autism when they don't have it. Its also more known than other conditions, so a lot of the increase involves children being misdignosed.

fantastic post .today i have been told my own son has mild autism,this makes me understand who he is and how he sees the world .. thank you

I can empathise with the surroundings issue. I have sever Tourettes and I get so hot and I can't stand to be touched on one side and not the other. I have 2 poems about my Tourettes on youtube one deals with tics named Poetry of Touretted and the other deals with tics and overstimulted feeling of touch and it is named Tourettes Thunder. I hope we can raise awareness about all of these neurlogical and neurobiological Syndroms and Disorders.

This is a true piece of art and you should be very proud of yourself. Amazing and I would love to have older autistics chime in and tell us as parents whether we are on the right track.

My Autistic Daughter loved this video so much I had to keep repeating it for her! Thank you this let's me glimpse a little bit at how beautiful she sees the world!

vaccines may be given around the time that autism is diagnosed in children. that by itself it not enough proof that vaccines cause autism.

People with autism shouldn't be treated with drugs. There is nothing wrong with them.They are just different, it's their surroundings that are WRONG. So their surroundings should be treated, not them.Maybe "normal" people like us should learn to understand them instead of judging them and make diagnoses out of our fantasies.The typical "Normal" is the worst diagnose you can get. It may you believe that everything is ok while it's not.People with autism are often extremely intellegent.

There could be a genetic link in the rising rates of autism... For instance, mutations in the MECP2, PTEN, SHANK3, and NLGN4X genes are found in many cases of autism. (There are heritable) And these abnormalities in these genes have a 100% concordance rate in inidentical tiwns (who share the same genetic make up). Is it possible that these genetic abnormalities increase susceptibility to the effects of vaccines? This could explain early onset autism but not autism that is present from birth.

I have a son with autism and this video just for a few minutes let me see life the way he sees it everyday. Thank you and God Bless

my brother is autistic he is turning 15 in may and he was diagnosed at 3

I have an autistic son who was diagnosed on the autistic spectrum just before his 3rd birthday, i don't think there's as much of an 'epidemic' as the hype would have people believe its just in recent years the diagnostic procedures have improved due to more understanding of the condition. There are so many people out there who are on the autistic spectrum who have never been diagnosed and were written off throughout their childhood years as 'difficult children'

I don't have any doubt that there is a GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY. But, there is nowhere in my child's DNA code that says he should carry a load of Mercury. And we pulled out buckets of IT through chelation! And he got better.There is NO such thing in science as a GENETIC EPIDEMIC, is there?Thank you so much for this video, how intuitive and smart! Very helpful!!

actually studies are revealing that vaccines are not actually responsible for any autism but parents and doctors were believing so because autism is most commonly diagnosed at the age where kids are getting their large round of baby/toddler vaccines so the first signs of autism were showing up at the same time as the kids are getting their shots. Naturally people began to assume that vaccines were therefore causing the autism but in reality its just a bad coincidence.

Yes! Thank you!! We as a family are trying put puzzle pieces together on this one..my brother is severely autistic. God bless!

Autism is a spectrum disorder and I believe it is caused by a spectrum of causes. Both of my best friends from High School and I have autistic children. One was clearly affected at birth, mine initiated right after 18 month vacinations and one slightly later and suffers severe anxiety. We believe my child's was caused by vaccinations (he is high functioning.) My friends who showed at birth was probably genetic (severe) and my friend with the older boy was probably environmental.

It is highly unlikely, given the rapid increase in numbers of children affected by autism (1 in 150 is the figure, and growing) that the problem is merely genetic. In fact, it's a medical impossibility for the human gene pool, by itself, to have been corrupted so thoroughly, to have created this vast epidemic. Environmental toxins, genetic factors and yes, probably some elements of certain vaccines are all more than likely responsible.

Hi first of I want to say, fantastic video. I am not diagnosed with autism but I have strong autistic symptoms, I am 18 right now. Well anyways Last year I have been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. I have read somewhere online that there might be a connection with diabetes and autism?? The connection is Not only with diabetes but with many other disease and problems that are more susptable with autistic people. just a thought.