[单项选择]Testing Baby’s Brain
As far as her friends and teachers are concerned, Ashdod is an ordinary, bright, playful 5-year-old girl. They might be surprised to learn that not long ago therapists(治疗专家) were fighting to keep her from suffering from autism (孤独症)--a brain disorder that afflicts one in 100 children, typically leaving them with lifelong difficulties in communicating, socializing and carrying out many basic tasks. Ashdod was lucky: when she was 10 months old, her parents became alarmed that she had little interest in looking them in the eyes, eating and moving from her back, and took her to the Mifne Center in Rosh Pinna, Israel, a clinic that focuses on children 5 months and older who show early warning signs of autism. The results of the Mifne treatment were shocking, recalls the girl’s mother, Tikva. "Now she goes to a regular school where she is the same sort of active, funny, normal child as anyone else," she says.
Despite a big jump in autism awareness in
A. lack of parental care
B. troubles in communicating
C. developing strange habits
D. lack of emotional expressions