1.What is autism in children and what are the main manifestations?
Autism, also known as autism, is a comprehensive mental development disorder that begins in infancy and early childhood, mainly due to abnormal interpersonal and communication patterns, verbal and non-verbal communication disorders, limited interests and activities, and rigid and repetitive behaviors. Main manifestationsHave social difficulties, abnormal communication, such as reluctance to make eye contact with anyone; Lack of response to calling the child's name, not opening a blind eye; Lack of social interaction responses, reluctance to participate in any games or activities, narrow interests, etc.
2.Are childhood autism and autism two different diseases?
Autism and autism in children are developmental disorders. The professional name of autism is Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), autism and autism are two translations of English autism, and "autism" is mainly used by the medical and special education circles in Chinese mainland; "Autism" is mainly used by Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and other countries and regions where Chinese is spoken.
3.What is the general age of onset of autism in children?
Autistic children generally develop the disease within 30 months, but some children develop it after the age of 3.
Dr. Landa, of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) School of Medicine, noted that while the average age of diagnosis in the U.S. still hovers around four years old, some children can detect autism as early as around 14 months, and by 18 months, the certainty of diagnosis is high.
4.What is the incidence of autism in children?
Abroad: July 13, 2023, Centers for Disease Control and PreventionNational Centre for Health Statistics (NCHS).The prevalence of autism in children aged 3 to 17 years in the United States was reported to be 311%。Of these, 4 are boys66%, three times as much as 150%；The prevalence is 2 in 3 to 7 year old age62%, 8-12 year olds 336%, 3 for 13-17 year olds35%。
Domestic situation: There may be more than 10 million autistic patients in China, of which the prevalence of childhood autism is about 7, and the number of children aged 0 to 14 may exceed 2 million (the above data ** in CCTV news client).
5.What are the effects of autism on children?
The main core symptoms of autism are: impaired social communication, a narrow range of interests or activities, and repetitive stereotyped behaviors. After children suffer from autism, according to the severity of their condition, they will have varying degrees of impairment in their social, cognitive, language, self-care ability, motor and sensory integration, etc., which will seriously affect the normal life and healthy growth of children.
6.Can prenatal testing screen for autism?
When the fetus is in the mother's body, there is currently no medical means to detect whether the fetus is autistic through prenatal testing.
But genetic factors play an important role in the occurrence of autism. Many studies have found that autism has a familial cluster, the first child is autistic family, and the probability of the second child being autistic is as high as 25%, but the specific triggers and mechanisms are unknown.
7.At what age can a child be diagnosed with autism?
Children with autism are mainly manifested in insufficient social behavior and some stereotyped behaviors. For example, poor eye contact and reluctance to communicate with anyone; Lack of name calling, lack of response to calling children's names, and lack of attention; Lack of social interaction responses, reluctance to participate in any games or activities, etc. These behaviors can be detected by screening in early childhood, and can be further diagnosed after the age of 2 years.
Parents can search if they want"Child Developmental Behavior Screening".Mini program, free initial screening, this small program is based on the autism ABC scale, can quickly screen whether the child's behavior is abnormal, such as the screening result score is greater than 30 points, it is recommended to find a professional institution for evaluation and diagnosis, the intervention effect before the age of 3 is significantly better than after the age of 3, the intervention effect after the age of 6 is significantly reduced, and may even live in a closed self world for a lifetime. Don't miss out on your child's best intervention period.
8.If a child does not play with children, will it be autistic?
Playing with children is a sign of social interaction. The core symptom of autistic children is social impairment, and such children should be followed up and observed in order to detect problems early, and parents should not take them lightly.
9.If a child can't speak at the age of three, will it be autistic?
Children's language development has a corresponding process, generally starting from babbling, and then single words, words, phrases, short sentences, long sentences, and can basically master the mother tongue at about 3 years old. The child is not yet able to speak at the age of 3 and has shown significant lag in language development. Although language delay is not a requirement for the diagnosis of childhood autism (ASD), language delay is often present with other developmental behaviors. However, it is important to consider differentiating children with language delay from ASD.
10.What are the indications for early detection in children with autism?
There are the following five behaviors that can be used as special behavioral markers for early identification of childhood autism, referred to as "** behaviors."
1) Not speaking: not being able to speak or speaking late; 2) Not (less) looking: lack of eye contact, "no one in the eyes"; 3) Don't: don't agree, go your own way, be self-centered; 4) Not (less) fingers: no appropriate body language, such as finger pointing to objects, showing off, referencing; 5) Unreasonable: not listening to instructions, not cooperating, and playing alone.
11.Is there an early screening method for autism in children?
For children around the age of 1-2 years, there is an early screening method for childhood autism. If parents find that their children are significantly lagging behind and abnormal in language and communication compared to children of the same age, they can search for them"Child Developmental Behavior Screening".This applet is based on the ABC scale for autism, which can quickly screen whether the child's behavior is abnormal, if the screening result score is greater than 30 points, it is recommended to find a professional institution for evaluation and diagnosis.
12.Is autism related to the early childhood home environment?
There is ample evidence that the occurrence of autism in children is not related to the child's early family background, parents' parenting attitude and the child's family environment, nor is it caused by acquired environmental factors. The main causes of autism in children include genetic factors, acquired infection factors and immune factors.
13. Is it okay for children with autism? Is there currently any way to ** autism in children?
From the point of view of biological abnormalities, autism is lifelong. But from another point of view, from the perspective of social adaptation, we can say that autism is okay. He or she can live, study and work independently in society, and even have his or her own inner world, and can get married and have children, we can think of him or her as no different from ordinary people.
At present, because the pathogenesis and pathogenesis of autism are still unclear, there is still a lack of drugs for the core symptoms of autism, mainly relying on training and special education methods, and drugs are auxiliary symptomatic measures.
14. What is the best age for autism and how long does it take?
Before the age of 3 is the ** period of autistic children***. For children under the age of 7, the younger the age, the greater the plasticity of brain development, so early detection and early intervention are the most important basic strategies for children with autism. However, intervention for autism is a long-term process and is generally measured in years. Long-term intervention can improve the core disorder of autism, and children with normal disease need at least 2-3 years of intensive intervention. Children with mild autism have a very good prognosis after scientific early intervention, but they still need the help of continuous social communication skills during the school age.
15. How should parents cooperate with autistic children?
In the process of growing up and raising autistic children, family is the most direct and important support system for children. The standard training of autistic children takes a long time, and at the same time, it costs a certain amount of human, material and financial resources of the family. Therefore, the future of autistic children largely depends on the conditions of the family, the wisdom and persistence of the parents, and the cooperation of the family.
Parents need to learn relevant knowledge, do a good job in guiding children at home, cooperate with doctors to do corresponding examinations, and estimate children's development levels, and accurately guide and adjust the formulation and implementation of children's plans. Children are the future of the country, and children with autism are "children of the stars", who not only need the cooperation of their parents, but also need the care and help of the whole society. At present, the Disabled Persons' Federation, the Women's Federation, the Civil Affairs, the Health Commission and other departments have provided a lot of policy support for these children, and we hope that there will be more care from all walks of life to help these children, create an optimized social ecosystem to create the best development environment for autistic children, so that they can grow up happily!