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Robert Herjavec (/ h ər ˈ dʒ ɑː v ɛ k /; Croatian: [xěrjaːʋet͡s]; born September 14, 1962) [2] is a Croatian-Canadian businessman, investor, and television personality. Herjavec founded BRAK Systems, a Canadian integrator of Internet security software, and sold it to AT&T Canada (now Allstream Inc. ) in 2000 for $30.2 million.
High-functioning autism is characterized by features similar to those of Asperger syndrome. The defining characteristic recognized by psychologists is a significant delay in the development of early speech and language skills, before the age of three years. [ 12] The diagnostic criteria of Asperger syndrome exclude a general language delay.
A 2003 review of epidemiological studies of children found autism rates ranging from 0.03 to 4.84 per 1,000, with the ratio of autism to Asperger syndrome ranging from 1.5:1 to 16:1; [145] combining the geometric mean ratio of 5:1 with a conservative prevalence estimate for autism of 1.3 per 1,000 suggests indirectly that the prevalence of AS ...
Herjavec's staggering success in business helped him buy his dad's dream car -- and now he's helping kids dream big, too.
Shark Tank’s Robert Herjavec is one of those people. Herjavec was born in Varazdin, Yugoslavia (present-day Croatia) and escaped the country with his family when he was only 8.
As a mom of an 11-year-old girl with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), I’ve encountered plenty of stereotypes and assumptions about this developmental disability that according to the CDC, affects ...
The popular book Children with autism: a parents' guide was also released in 1989. It was edited by American psychologist Michael D. Powers. [370] A second edition was published in 2000. The similar Asperger's syndrome and your child: a parents' guide was released in 2002. [371]
Classic autism. Classic autism, also known as childhood autism, autistic disorder, (early) infantile autism, infantile psychosis, Kanner's autism, Kanner's syndrome, or (formerly) just autism, is a neurodevelopmental condition first described by Leo Kanner in 1943. It is characterized by atypical and impaired development in social interaction ...