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AUTISM

Autism, or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), is a developmental disorder characterized by challenges with social skills, communication, and repetitive behaviors. It affects how the brain develops social and communication abilities. Some key features of autism include poor social interaction, lack of eye contact, difficulties with communication and language, and repetitive behaviors. While there is no cure for autism, therapy including behavior therapy, speech therapy, and sensory integration can help autistic individuals improve their communication and social skills to live more productive lives. The prognosis depends on the severity of symptoms and level of therapy received.

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AUTISM

Autism, or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), is a developmental disorder characterized by challenges with social skills, communication, and repetitive behaviors. It affects how the brain develops social and communication abilities. Some key features of autism include poor social interaction, lack of eye contact, difficulties with communication and language, and repetitive behaviors. While there is no cure for autism, therapy including behavior therapy, speech therapy, and sensory integration can help autistic individuals improve their communication and social skills to live more productive lives. The prognosis depends on the severity of symptoms and level of therapy received.

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AUTISM

RAYYAN AHSAN
Q. WHAT IS AUTISM?
Autism, or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), refers to a broad range of
conditions characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive
behaviors, speech and nonverbal communication. It is a developmental
disorder that affects the brain’s normal development of social and
communication skills.
 Today, autism is a severe form of a broader group of disorders

 These are referred to as pervasive development disorders(later)

 Typically appears during the first three years of life


CLINICAL FEATURES OF AUTISM
• Children do not respond to their parents affectionate behavior

• Inability to make warms relationships with people

• They tend to their own things, regardless of who is around or what is


happening in the environment

• Poor use of social signals and weak integration of social, emotional and
communicative behavior.

• Failure in making eye to eye contact with people


IMPAIRMENTS IN
• Failure to develop normal speech COMMUNICATION
• Failure to communicate by gestures, body movements or facial expressions

• Lack of social usage of whatever language skills are present

• Delayed onset of babbling, unusual gestures

• Diminished responsiveness

• Difficulty with imaginative play and with developing symbols into language

• Lack of creativity and fantasy in thought process

• May exhibit echolalia (meaningless repetition of another person's spoken words as a symptom of psychiatric disorder)
BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS
• Restricted, repetitive and stereotyped pattern of behavior

• Getting upset by minor changes in routine

• Difficulty in generalizing newly learned skills in new situations

• Rocking, twirling, head banging and similar repetitive behavior is often seen in autistic children

• Over activity, disruptive behavior and temper tantrums may occur for a little or no reason
TREATMENT
 BEHAVIOR THERAPY
1. Development of regular routine

2. Structured classroom training

3. Positive reinforcement to teach self care skills

4. Speech therapies or sign language teaching


OTHER THERAPIES

1. Auditory Integration Therapy (AIT) : Auditory integration training, is a procedure pioneered in France by Guy
Bérard, who promoted it as a cure for clinical depression and suicidal tendencies, along with what he said were
very positive results for dyslexia and autism.

2. Sensory Integration : Sensory integration therapy is an attempt to treat sensory processing disorder and related
situations.
PROGNOSIS
• Autism is a very challenging disability to solve because of many unknown factors

• Since there is no cure for autism, proper procedures such as therapy must be taken to help these individuals handle their problems

• With proper therapy sessions, individuals with autism can improve their modes of communication and socialization to live very productive and
independent lifestyles in society.

• Autism symptoms vary from mild to severe. The prognosis for these individuals depends on the severity of their disability and the level of therapy
they receive.

• Individuals with Autism usually demonstrate some aspect of impairment of their senses throughout life.

• People with autism are often labeled incorrectly as “loners” because of their inability to socially interact.

• Approximately 33% of children with autism will eventually develop epilepsy.

• Individuals with autism can live very active lifestyles. This depends on the severity of the disability.

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