Autism
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that leads to poor social, verbal and nonverbal communication. The autistic patient follows frequent behavioral patterns. Symptoms of autism appear at the age of 2 or 3 years of age. This disease may result in damage to the process of processing data in the brain , Leading to neuronal dysfunction.
Autism is one of the three forms of autism (ASDS) , And the second and third disorders together are Asperger syndrome, which causes a delay in cognitive development and language. In the case of inability to diagnose the disease and to know whether autism or Asperger syndrome is called an explosive growth disorder (PDD NOS) .
Autism signs
Autism children have many patterns of behavior, and can be classified by rating the measure of behavior as follows:
- Typical: Hand fluttering, frequent and typical head rotation.
- Symmetry: Resisting any new change, such as insisting on playing on the train for long hours and refusing to stop it.
- Compulsive behavior: Such as arranging objects in the form of piles or rows, and adhering to certain rules in it.
- Restricted behavior: Is not focusing on more than one thing at the same time, autistic baby does not prefer to play in more than one game at the same time.
- Self injury: It is self-harming, such as beating the head, or biting the hand.
Signs of autism at the age of two years
When the child reaches two years of age, the symptoms of autism appear more clearly. While his or her peers interact and communicate well, the autistic child shows symptoms that are disturbing and disturbing to his family if they notice them, suggesting something suspicious. These symptoms include the following:
- Speech problems: He does not speak a word for up to 16 months, nor can he make sentences of two words until the second year.
- Inertia: He does not smile when he laughs with him, he does not interact with others, he does not show interest when a person signals anything striking.
- Bad communication: It does not respond to the call, and does not communicate visually.
- social problems: Is not to play with others.
Causes of Autism
So far there is no specific cause of autism, but some studies have shown genetic causes, and others indicate non-genetic causes such as exposure to environmental toxins, food allergies, some vaccines, and breakfast digestion, and exposure of the pregnant mother to an accident or bleeding or taking some medicines, except That there can be genetic causes behind the disease. There are about 5 to 15 genes, and are responsible for various disabilities as well as external factors.