you made a very interesting point after we had dr. melillo on and other autism experts and parents earlier this week. 1.5 million people affected with autism disorders in this country. 99.95% not violent. never commit a crime. we can t pin this on autism or anything on the autism spectrum. you said it might be relevant because of things dr. ablow talked about, the way the mother dealt with it and becomes ostracized from society and no support system the hatred and way his mind set may have developed, talk about that. understand very carefully. this is a spectrum which means that spectrum can vary from adhd type symptoms to psychotic symptoms and that can fluctuate from day to day, moment to moment, based on whatever types of environmental triggers may be there and it s accumulation type of effect. if you take a kid that has, you know, these deficits, these imbalances and then depending on the
it s like that movie. remember that okay. i ll stop reminiscing here. we ll get back to it later. . > well, after so much criticism about the way that the military is addressing mental health issues, the u.s. army is ordering a major medical review. all post-traumatic stress disorder cases involving army thldiers since 2001 are going to be evaluated. and that s after complaints about doctors reversing their decisions about soldiers diagnosed with ptsd. the army promises to correct such decisions and provide proper mental health care to soldiers. they deserve it. that s for sure. the nation s top autism experts have announced they have broken some new ground. they say there is a very simple way to find some warning signs in children as young as just 6 months. abc s medical editor dr. richard besser has more. reporter: babies can tell you a lot. without speaking a word. watch his head a benjamin s 6 months old. i m going to do the head lag test. watch his head as i pull his ull