Internet Investigator
Section 2
What is schizophrenia?
Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and
disabling brain disease. Approximately 1 percent of the population develops
schizophrenia during their lifetime
What are some symptoms of schizophrenia?
confused or shocked when change in environment or schedule, withdraw,
unusual speech, thinking, or behavior, and hear voices that others don't hear,
jumps into different characters
What is autism?
Autism is a brain disorder that typically
affects a person's ability to communicate, form relationships with others, and
respond appropriately to the environment.
What are some symptoms of autism?
They don't understand the normal social cues that everyone else understands,
aggressive, some don't use language or at least the same way we do, have
obsessions, and senses are off don't hear, smell, see, or feel the same way.
What do you think Adam has?
I think Adam is schizophrenic. He doesn't deal with change very well
and he is always jumping into other characters. Sometimes he "becomes" the
I Love Lucy characters.