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Awareness of Autism

Awareness of Autism


 What is Autism?

 Autism, or Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), brings up to a variety of conditions according to  challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech, and nonverbal communication. According to the Centers for disease control, autism affects 1 in 59 children in the United States these days.

Types of Autism Spectrum Disorders
There are 3 kinds of autism spectrum disorders:

1.   Autistic Disorder
This is generally known as “classic” autism. Persons with autistic disorder typically have significant language delays, social and communication challenges, and strange behaviors and interestsMany people with autistic disorder also have a mental disability.
2.  Asperger Syndrome

People with Asperger syndrome typically have milder symptoms of autistic disorderThey may have social challenges and weird behaviors and interests. However,
they generally don't have issues with language or intellectual disability.

3. Pervasive Developmental Disorder-This is generally known as “atypical autism,” or PDD-NOS. Those who meet some of the factors for autistic disorder or Asperger syndromebut not all, is also diagnosed with atypical autism. These individuals typically have fewer and milder symptoms than those with autistic disorder. The symptoms may cause social and communication challenges.

Symptoms of autism spectrum disorder

Some children show signs of autism spectrum disorder in the early period, like reduced eye contact, lack of response to their name or indifference to caregiversDifferent children might develop 
usually for the first few months or years of life, on the other hand suddenly become withdrawn or aggressive or lose language skills they've already nonheritable. Signs typically are seen by the age of 2 years.
Each child with autism spectrum disorder have a unique pattern of behavior and level of severity — from low functioning to high functioning.
Some children with autism spectrum disorder have issues of learning and a few have signs of lower than normal intelligence
Other children with the disorder have normal to high intelligence — they learn quickly, yet have trouble communicating and applying what they know in daily life and adjusting to social things.
Because of the distinctive mixture of symptoms in every child, the severity will generally be tough to see. It's usually supported the level of deficiencies and the way they impact the performance.
Below are some common signs showed by people that have autism spectrum disorder.

Autism Symptoms and Signs

• Abnormal Body posturing or Facial Expressions.
• Abnormal Tone of Voice.
• Poor Eye Contact.
• Behavioral Disturbances.
• Deficits in Language Comprehension.
• Delay in learning to talk.
• Flat or Monotonous Speech.
• Inappropriate Social Interaction.

Causes of autism

1. Genetic risk factors

Prenatal viral infection has been known as the principal non-genetic reason behind autismPrenatal exposure to rubella or cytomegalovirus activates the mother's immune reaction and may greatly increase the danger for autism in mice.  Nonheritable rubella syndrome is that the most convincing environmental reason for autism.

2. Parental risk factor

The risk of autism is related to many prenatal risk factorsas well as advanced age in either parent, diabetes, bleeding, and use of medicine in the mother throughout maternity
For a pregnant woman, the factors that can raise autism risk in her unborn child may seem to be abundant. Studies suggest that getting the fluhaving a fever or gaining too much weight while pregnant can all increase the chances of having a child with autism. Certain medications may also raise the risk. For example, pregnant women who take epilepsy(loss of consciousness) drug are up to seven times more likely to have a child with autism than those who don’t.

3. Environmental risk factors

 Research shows that certain environmental influences may increase – or reduce – autism risk in those who are genetically predisposed to the disorder. Significantlythe increase or decrease in risk seems to be little for anybody of those risk factors: Good Mental Health For All

Vaccines don't cause autism

The measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine doesn't increase the danger of autism and doesn't trigger autism in children who are in dangeraccording to a new study of over 650,000 children.
Researchers used a population written record to judge whether or not the MMR vaccine enhanced the danger of autism in children born in Denmark between 1999 and 2010. A total of 657,461 children were followed through August 2013, with the researchers documenting diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder furthermore as noted risk factors as well as the age of the parentsidentification of autism in a sibling, preterm birth and low weight at birth.
"This idea that vaccines cause autism is still around and is still obtaining a lot of exposure in social media," noted Anders Hviid.

Awareness of Autism

When to screen for autism?

Current recommendations are for children to be screened specifically for autism spectrum disorder during regular doctor visits at 18 and 24 months old.
Yet new data suggest that autism detection and identification can begin as young as 14 months old with high accuracy, that may lead to youngsters with syndrome having the choice to start out therapies early, according to a  study printed in the medical journal JAMA Pediatrics.
This exposes an extremely unprecedented chance to get them into early treatment -- probably early intensive treatment -- then check to see what kind of impact this can be had by the time they reach school age," said Karen Pierce, a prof of neurobiology and co-director of the Autism Center of Excellence at the University of California, San Diego, who was the first author of the new study.
"The brain is incredibly plastic throughout early development and may be impacted by input from the environment," she said. "The frontal area above all – the part of the brain essential for the development of social skills -- is creating massive numbers of connections between brain cells across the first 2 years of life."

The benefits of screening early

The study concerned 1,269 toddlers who were screened for autism spectrum disorder and general developmental delay throughout doctor visits between 2006 and 2018. If a toddler failed the screening form, they were referred for a comprehensive analysisAfter each evaluation visit, psychologists filled out a diagnostic judgment form regarding every child and entered it into information.
The toddlers received their 1st diagnostic evaluation between the ages of 12 and 36 months old and were followed up with through at least one consequent analysis.
The study enclosed over 3,000 evaluation visits among the toddlers.
The researchers took a detailed examine how accurate and stable the diagnoses were among the toddlers over time. For example, toddlers who weren't diagnosed with autism at their 1st visit, however, were at their last were designated as having "late-identified" autism.

Treatments for autism

1. Cognitive-behavioral therapy

Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) may be a kind of talk medical aid that may be effective autism treatment for children and adults. Throughout CBT sessions, people study the connections between feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. This may facilitate to spot the thoughts and feelings that trigger negative behaviors.

2. Social skills coaching

Social skills coaching (SST) may be a means for peopleparticularly children, to develop social skillsFor a few people with autism, interacting with others is extremely toughThis may cause several challenges over time.

3.Sensory integration of medical care

People with autism generally suffer from sensory input, like sight, sound, or smell. Social integration of medical care is based on the idea that having a number of your senses better makes it exhausting to find out and show positive behaviors.

4. Occupational therapy

Occupational therapy (OT) may be a field of health care that focuses on teaching children and adults the basic skills they have in daily lifeFor children, this usually includes teaching fine motor skills, handwriting skills, and self-care skills.
For adults, OT focuses on developing independent living skills, like cooking, cleaning, and handling money.

5.  Speech therapy

Speech therapy teaches verbal skills that may facilitate individuals with autism to communicate better. It’s usually done with either a speech language pathologist or a therapist.

6. Medication

There aren’t any medications specifically designed to treat autism. However, many medications used for different conditions that may occur with autism may facilitate with certain symptoms.

Alternative treatments

There are numberless different autism treatments that individuals try. However, there isn’t abundant conclusive research backing up these ways, and it’s unclear whether or not they’re effective. Some of them, like chelation medical care(a type of treatment)can also do more damage than good. Potential various treatments requiring a lot of conclusive research include:
• gluten-free, casein-free diet
• weighted blankets
• melatonin
• vitamin C
• omega-3 fatty acids
• dimethylglycine
• vitamin B-6 and magnesium combined
• oxytocin
• CBD oil
If you don’t feel comfortable talking regarding various remedies with your doctor, consider searching for another medical professional to assist you to find the proper treatment. The noncommercial organization autism Speaks permits you to look for a range of autism resources by state.

2 comments:

  1. Loved this post, I have friend that have kids with autism and it's very important to know the different types there is. Thank you.

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