In 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that 1 in 160 children has Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). What is this condition about?
Autism is a diagnosis that is given due to a difficulty in the neurodevelopmental disorder.
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What are the symptoms of autism?
Some of the main characteristics that we find of autism are when children present difficulties within 2 to 4 years in language processes, in recognizing authority figures, when beginning to establish conversations in interaction with peers and, additionally, because they focus only on one object or toy.
What are the causes?
There is no particular cause that develops autism. However, it starts a lot from the biological character. What does this mean? That there are peri, pre and post-natal causes during the development of pregnancy, the following cases increase the probability that children will develop autism: the consumption of some substance, some medication during pregnancy, presenting some traumatic event, being exposed to some chemicals.
How do you make the diagnostic?
The diagnosis is made by a professional with some psychological tests that also allow us to rule out a possible diagnosis of autism. It also goes hand in hand with the process of psychotherapy, physiotherapy, speech therapy and occupational therapy.