What Is Autism?
Autism is a complex neuro-biological disorder. A recent study published by JAMA on July 5, 2022, reveals a nearly 52% spike in autism spectrum disorder prevalence among children and teens in the United States between the years 2017 and 2020. This study concludes that 1 in every 30 children will be diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. Compare these statistics to the year 2000 where the CDC estimated that autism was found to affect 1 in every 150 children. This is an alarming increase that often goes unnoticed.
Pursuant to the CDC, autism is reported to occur in all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups, and is more than 4 times more common among boys than among girls.
Autism is classified as a Spectrum disorder meaning that the symptoms of autism affect children in a myriad of degrees that range from very mild to quite severe. Some of the symptoms associated with autism include, but are not limited to speech delays, ranging from a complete absence of speech to mild/moderate delays, lack of eye contact, various sensory integration issues (i.e. abnormal response to senses, either hyper or hypo active), social relatedness impairments, self-stimulatory, repetitive and sometimes self-injurious behaviors, insistence upon a routine and obsessive compulsive disorder-type symptoms.
If you think that your child shows the signs of autism or another spectrum disorder such as ADD or ADHD it is important to get a diagnosis as early as possible.
Pursuant to the CDC, autism is reported to occur in all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups, and is more than 4 times more common among boys than among girls.
Autism is classified as a Spectrum disorder meaning that the symptoms of autism affect children in a myriad of degrees that range from very mild to quite severe. Some of the symptoms associated with autism include, but are not limited to speech delays, ranging from a complete absence of speech to mild/moderate delays, lack of eye contact, various sensory integration issues (i.e. abnormal response to senses, either hyper or hypo active), social relatedness impairments, self-stimulatory, repetitive and sometimes self-injurious behaviors, insistence upon a routine and obsessive compulsive disorder-type symptoms.
If you think that your child shows the signs of autism or another spectrum disorder such as ADD or ADHD it is important to get a diagnosis as early as possible.