Mysore/Mysuru: Marking World Autism Day today, the city’s All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) will be conducting a month-long awareness programmes starting from Apr.2.
AIISH’s Speech Language therapist Dr. Jayashree C. Shanbal said that speech difficulty among children even after five years of birth, loneliness, slow learning are early symptoms of Autism. Noting that the number of children suffering from Autism is increasing over the years, she said that Autism is a complex mental problem that stunts the growth of children.
