i was diagnosed with autism.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by troubles with social interaction and communication. Often there is also restricted and repetitive behavior. Parents usually notice signs in the first two or three years of their child's life. These signs often develop gradually, though some children with autism reach their developmental milestones at a normal pace and then worsen. Autism is caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. Risk factors include certain infections during pregnancy such as rubella as well as valproic acid, alcohol, or cocaine use during pregnancy. Controversies surround other proposed environmental causes; for example the vaccine hypotheses, which have been disproven. Autism affects information processing in the brain by altering how nerve cells and their synapses connect and organize; how this occurs is not well understood. In the DSM V, autism is included within the autism spectrum (ASDs), along with Asperger syndrome which is less severe, and pervasive developmental disorder, not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS). Early speech or behavioral interventions can help children with autism gain self-care, social, and communication skills. Although there is no known cure, there have been cases of children who recovered.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "i recently learned autism is actually a spectrum disorder, with many characteristics like social skills"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Really?  did not know that. I knew that there is usually a presence of repetitive behavior. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "The CDC estimates autism\u2019s prevalence as 1 in 59 children in the United States, 1 in 37 boys and 1 in 151 girls."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "That is high! Do you agree with proposed theories that vaccines can cause it? "}, {"role": "user", "content": "i do not believe that one bit, there have been scientific papers dedicated to debunking it, but what hs been proven is parents older than 35 have a higher chance of having kids with autism"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "DO you believe that both educational interventions and medical management are needed to help people with autism?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "yes because medical interventions can only help to some extent, the person needs to be able to live in a society which is unfortunately not centered around their condition"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I know that if you have a child it is very important to look for signs of autism around ages two and three. This is when they arise, the symptoms."}]