“孤獨(dú)癥患兒”——星星的孩子
[ 2007-04-23 08:32 ]
 有人稱他們是“星星的孩子”，也有人叫他們“雨人”（因奧斯卡影片Rain
man而得名）。他們是醫(yī)學(xué)界難解的謎，一群生活在自己的世界、有視力卻不愿與你對(duì)視、有語(yǔ)言卻很難與你交流的“孤獨(dú)癥患兒”。
看下面一段有關(guān)“自閉癥/孤獨(dú)癥患兒”的相關(guān)報(bào)道：
The spread of autism has belied
both the growing affluence of most modern societies and the latest advances in
medical science. People afflicted with the condition, which tends to affect more
boys than girls, find it difficult to focus and communicate with other people.
Beyond the medical difficulty of identifying what causes autism, helping
autistic children find a place in
society remains a huge challenge. While some of them do demonstrate a certain
kind of genius, most others simply lag behind their peers, forever shut off from
their surroundings.
報(bào)道說(shuō)，“孤獨(dú)癥患兒”是一個(gè)非常特殊的自閉群體。他們大多智力發(fā)育遲緩，但不少孩子又在某一方面有出奇好的天賦。
由報(bào)道可知，“autistic
child”指的就是“自閉癥/孤獨(dú)癥患兒”。這些孩子對(duì)現(xiàn)實(shí)世界缺乏應(yīng)有的反應(yīng)，他們往往對(duì)周圍視而不見(jiàn)、聽(tīng)而不聞、很少有眼神交流。
此外，“autistic”相應(yīng)的名詞形式“autism”指的是“自閉癥”。
（英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津陳蓓編輯）
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