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2 days ago · Complicating an already complex diagnosis is the American Psychological Association's (APA's) decision in 2013 to remove the less profound Asperger's from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and fold it into the new term, Autism Spectrum Disorder. One effect of that APA decision is that people on the edge of the spectrum ...
1 day ago · Myth #1: Autism is a disease. Let’s start with the most basic misconception, that ASD is a disease. “Autism isn’t an illness at all,” Dr. Cuffman clarifies.
3 days ago · autism, developmental disorder affecting physical, social, and language skills, with an onset of signs and symptoms typically before age three. The term autism (from the Greek autos, meaning “self”) was coined in 1911 by Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler, who used it to describe withdrawal into one’s inner world, a phenomenon he observed ...
2 days ago · Increased paternal age at birth has also been found to be a significant risk factor for ASD. Young paternal age at birth, however, may be associated with a decreased risk of autism. Vaccines and Nutritional Supplements. One of the most controversial topics related to ASD is the alleged link between vaccines and an increased risk of the disorder.
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4 days ago · The prevalence of autism spectrum disorders has increased considerably over many decades. Today, one in every 40 American children has been diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (10). In parallel, there has been an explosive increase in references to them in popular-science books and the media (an n-gram in Google Books and the National ...
- Ketil Slagstad
- 2019
1 day ago · Diagnosing a person with autism spectrum disorder can be challenging. It’s a medical condition that no blood test, brain scan or objective test can pinpoint. And because of each person’s distinctive pattern of symptoms, it can be hard to determine its severity.
4 days ago · Temple Grandin’s first book, “Emergence: Labeled Autistic,” published in 1986, was the first to show the inner workings of someone diagnosed with ASD. The academic and animal behaviorist, now 76, has an award-winning film on her life, “Temple Grandin,” which stars Claire Danes.
