Autism
Autism is a disorder in the development of “disorders in the self-interest” and these disorders appear on children up to the age of three, where the child shows signs and symptoms of abnormal, vary from child to child according to the situation and type, and indicates that he has autism.
Causes of Autism
- Genetic causes, so genes are susceptible to autism.
- Some diseases such as inflammation, immune weakness, and intestinal bacteria.
- Exposure to environmental pollutants, such as toxic mercury, and lead.
- Improper nutrition, and severe nutritional deficiencies, so that the child is exposed to the lack of vitamins and minerals necessary for proper growth.
- Infection of fungus and intestinal bacteria.
- The inability of the body to get rid of toxins.
- Lack of fatty acids in the body.
- Social factors, lack of interest in the child in the learning stage, bad habits practiced by watching television continuously, and non-interaction with the outside world.
Symptoms
There are many symptoms that appear on the autistic child, which vary from child to child and from one type to another, including the following:
- Delay in speech and inability to express and speak in clear language.
- Not to form social relations with others, so that he does not like to mix with other children or to participate in the play, so he has his own games.
- Does not interact with the feelings of others, and is not affected by them.
- Can not imagine.
- It is about strange things like pillow or blanket.
Types of autism
Serger syndrome
In this type the child is natural in terms of intelligence, and can learn and speak correctly linguistically, but has a problem in communication with others, as he can not use the words he learns to talk to others, and the problem of this type of social communication, it is He reads, learns and cares about a lot of things, but he does not deal with jokes and laughter.
Childhood decay
The child learns skills and is normal like other children, but after two years of age the child becomes aggressive, unable to practice the skills he previously practiced, and the anger is like other children with autism.
Reit syndrome
This type does not affect males, it is specialized in females only, and occurs early at the age of eight months, and the child has different physical symptoms, such as inability to control her hands in addition to the small circumference of the head, and this case is related to genes and can be treated proportionally, And attention to them quickly.
Total growth disorder
In this type, children with developmental problems and social communication, so that they can not look at others with their eyes, and can not show any emotional response with others.
Canner syndrome (classic autism)
This type appears very early in the age of two months, and is a very widespread type, and the child infected with this type can not pay attention to one, and delay in speech does not accept changes, and does not care about the emotions and feelings of others.