Autism- A lifelong neurological and developmental disorder or a severe mental condition. It affects emotions, speech, memory, learning ability and self-control. Let's know more about this.

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2. CONTENTS
● What is autism or ASD?
● Early signs and symptoms
● Causes of ASD
● Types of autism
● Adult with autism
● Autism treatment procedures

3. ➔ A lifelong developmental
disability that affects early in
childhood and affects daily
functioning.
➔ Including emotions, speech,
memory, learning ability and
self-control.
What is autism or ASD?

4. Early signs and symptoms
➔ Social challenges and social understanding
● Lack of expressions, emotions and eye contact
● Unusual or inappropriate body language, gestures, and facial expressions
● Resistance to being touched
● Unusual in social interaction; prefers to be alone.
➔ Speech and languages Difficulties
● Repeating words or phrases over and over.
● Problem in learning how to speak or doesn’t talk at all
● Speaking in an abnormal tone of voice, or with an odd rhythm or pitch
● Difficulty communicating needs or desires
➔ Repetitive Behaviors and Activities
● Performs a restricted range of activities and self harm activities
● Gets upset by change in their routine or environment.
● Awkwardness, abnormal posture, or odd ways of moving

5. What are the causes ?
➔ A faulty or imperfect gene, a chemical imbalance, a
lack of oxygen at delivery, and babies born before
26 weeks might cause to have autism.
➔ Genetics- It can be acquired from their parents or
younger siblings. And it may be an existing
infrequent genetic syndrome, including Fragile X
syndrome and Williams syndrome.
➔ Environmental factors- Viral infections, medications
or complications during pregnancy, alcohol, or air
pollutants may play the role to developing ASD.

6. Types of Autism
➔ Asperger's Syndrome- Delay in development i.e social development,
communication, and the ability to use their imagination, and confusion about
surrounding people activities.
➔ Rett Syndrome- Sleep or breathing difficulties, a strange gait, teeth grinding,
slowed growth, seizures, a slowing of cognitive abilities and lastly severe
physical decline.
➔ Childhood Disintegrative Disorder- Memory loss, sudden changes in
behavior, like agitation, or anger, which is followed by the loss of bowel or
bladder control.
➔ Autistic Disorder- Failure to communicate, not meet eye contact, constant
pitch level while talking, not responding to their name and repetition of
particular behaviors.

7. Adult with autism
Adult with autism spend more time on putting stuff in
a particular manner or repeat the same sentence
many times.
Common symptoms to determine undiagnosed autism:
➔ Difficulties in social interactions and relationships
➔ Verbal or nonverbal communication.
➔ Limited interests in activities or play.
➔ Romantic Difficulties
➔ Sensory Processing
* Many Treatment allows for the relatively normal
development of the patient with autism.

8. Autism treatment procedures
➔ Behavior and communication therapies-
Applied Behavioral Analysis(ABA), Treatment and Education of Autistic, Related
Communication Handicapped Children, and sensory integration.
➔ Specialized therapies- Structured education program and occupational therapy
➔ Family therapies- Help to improve social interaction skills, manage problem
behaviors, and teach daily living skills and communication.
➔ Medications- Prescribed to control problem in behavior, depression, anxiety,
hyperactivity, and obsessive-compulsive behaviors.
➔ Other therapies- Speech therapy to improve communication skills, and physical
therapy to improve movement and balance.
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