Summary Of Autism In Children

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AUTISM IN CHILDREN

Autism in Children Research and Analysis
Nava Weitzner
Understanding Diverse Learners
Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration
Yeshiva University

Introduction
One of the major public health goals of modern society is identification of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) at an early stage of a child’s development. Recent studies show on average 2-3 in a thousand children have autism and some 5-6 in a thousand suffer from some variation of ASD. Compared to ten years ago, clinical services are required for 5-7 times more children with ASD disorders in certain regions (Dawson 2013). The increased demand could be attributed to heightened attention to the disorder among doctors, …show more content…

People with ASD tend to have communication deficits. Its symptoms are evident before a child turns three years old. Among the first symptoms that can alert doctors and parents to a potential ASD is a delay in speech development or disappearance of speech acquired earlier. Even though changes in development can sometimes be seen as early as in 8-12 months, ASD cannot be properly diagnosed before the child reaches 2 years of age. Revealed behavior deviation and developmental history are the only tools at a doctor’s disposal since ASD cannot be revealed using a blood test or a different biological procedure. The most accepted procedures for the diagnosis include the Autism Diagnostic Observation Period and the Autism Diagnostic Interview, which are carried out by specially-trained health professionals (Saulnier and Ventola 2014). In addition to observations from these tests, clinicians can use other information gathered elsewhere in order to identify ASD in a child based on the criteria set out in the DSM-IV. Many children suffering from ASD often have another genetic disorder that can be identified using a biomedical test, so these tests can be used alongside in the diagnostic procedure to better understand the symptoms (Westby …show more content…

According to Granpeesheh and colleagues (2014), fraternal twins have the same ASD concordance rates as siblings. The risk of one sibling to have ASD if another has been diagnosed averages between 2.8% and 7%, considerably higher than in the general population, yet 10 times lower than among identical twins (Granpeesheh et al. 2014). This evidence strongly supports the genetic nature of the ASD even if the genes cannot fully explain the etiology of the

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