Dr. Pratibha Karanth works with autistic children

What is Autism? [ summary @ Brittanica.com, readers please note that this is not intended as medical advice.] Beyond the Silence - my life, the world and autism An exceptional new book by Rajrishi Mukhophadyay, a.k.a. Tito, an Indian boy with autism.

November 2000 - During the last decade or so it has been increasingly apparent that children with early developmental disorders such as Specific Language Impairment (SLI) and Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD)/Autism can be helped through intensive speech- language therapy. At the same time the number of children being identified and diagnosed as having SLI, PDD has also shown a sharp increase. Therapeutic services for these children are grossly inadequate in India, partly because the condition is only now gaining the attention it deserves and partly because there aren�t many therapists with experience in the area. Given this scenario, one-to-one individual speech-language therapy is either unavailable or when available inadequate.