Autism

disability, pervasive developmental disorder, class of disease
Subclass of	autism spectrum disorder, disease, neurodiversity, neurodevelopmental disorder
Facet give	neuropsychology, developmental psychology
Has cause	causes of autism, heredity, environment
Does not have cause	vaccine, refrigerator mother theory, electronic visual display
Health specialty	psychology
Drug or therapy used for treatment	venlafaxine, risperidone, quetiapine, (RS)-fenfluramine
Has phenotype	developmental language disorder
ICD-9-CM	299.0
NCI Thesaurus ID	C97161
Stack Exchange tag	https://psychology.stackexchange.com/tags/autism
Opposite of	allism

Autism, dem sanso dey bell am autism spectrum disorder (ASD) be developmental disorder characterize by difficulties plus social interaction den communication, den by restricted den repetitive behavior.^[1] Parents often dey notice signs during de first three years of dema kiddie ein life.^[1]^[2] Dese signs often dey develop gradually, though sam kiddies plus autism dey experience worsening insyd dema communication den social skills after dem reach developmental milestones at a normal pace.^[3]

Dem associate autism plus combination of genetic den environmental factors.^[4] Risk factors during pregnancy dey include certain infections, such as rubella, toxins wey dey include valproic acid, alcohol, cocaine, pesticides, lead, den air pollution, fetal growth restriction, den autoimmune diseases.^[5]^[6]^[7] Controversies surround oda proposed environmental causes; for example, de vaccine hypothesis, wich na dem disprove am.^[8] Autism dey affect information dem dey process insyd de brain den how nerve cells den dema synapses dey connect den organize; dem no dey bab well how dis dey occur.^[9] De Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), dey combine autism den less severe forms of de condition, wey dey include Asperger syndrome den pervasive developmental disorder dem otherwise no specify (PDD-NOS) into de diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).^[1]^[10]

Early behavioral interventions anaa speech therapy fi help kiddies plus autism gain self-care, social, den communication skills. Although dem no know ein cure, na der be cases of kiddies wey dem recover. Sam autistic adults be unable make dem live independently. Na autistic culture develop, plus sam individuals dey seek cure wey odas dey believe make dem accept autism as difference make dem accommodate am instead of make dem cure am.

Globally, dem dey estimate autism make e affect 24.8 million people as of 2015. Insyd de 2000s, na dem estimate de number of people wey e affected at 1–2 per 1,000 people worldwide. Insyd de developed countries, dem dey diagnose about 1.5% of kiddies plus ASD as of 2017, from 0.7% insyd 2000 insyd de United States. E dey occur four-to-five times more often insyd males dan females. Na de number of people dem diagnose increase dramatically since de 1960s, wich fi partly be secof changes insyd diagnostic practice. Dem no resolve de question of whether actual rates increase.

References

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