Severe Autism, Often Slighted, Now Targeted for Study

摘要

Greg Kapothanasis is 20 years old but has the cognitive ability of a preschool child-and he can't speak. Two years ago, after his school bus ride lengthened to nearly an hour, the 6-foot-tall teenager became increasingly aggressive, lashing out at people, hitting himself on the head, and moving around unpre-dictably. "The noise really set him off," recalls his mother, Irene. "He just started bouncing off the walls."