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Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by difficulties with social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior.[3] Parents usually notice signs during the first three years of their child's life.[1][3] These signs often develop gradually, though some children with autism reach their developmental milestones at a normal pace before worsening.[14]
Autism is associated with a combination of genetic and environmental factors.[4] Risk factors during pregnancy include certain infections, such as rubella, toxins including valproic acid, alcohol, cocaine, pesticides and air pollution, fetal growth restriction, and autoimmune diseases.[15][16][17] Controversies surround other proposed environmental causes; for example, the vaccine hypothesis, which has been disproven.[18] Autism affects information processing in the brain by altering connections and organization of nerve cells and their synapses.[19] How this occurs is not well understood.[19] In the DSM-5, autism and less severe forms of the condition, including Asperger syndrome and pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS), have been combined into the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).[3][20]
Early speech therapy or behavioral interventions can help children with autism gain self-care, social, and communication skills.[6][7] Although there is no known cure,[6] there have been cases of children who recovered.[21] Not many children with autism live independently after reaching adulthood, though some are successful.[12] An autistic culture has developed, with some individuals seeking a cure and others believing autism should be accepted as a difference and not treated as a disorder.[22][23]
Globally, autism is estimated to affect 24.8 million people as of 2015.[13] In the 2000s, the number of people affected was estimated at 1–2 per 1,000 people worldwide.[24] In the developed countries, about 1.5% of children are diagnosed with ASD as of 2017,[25] from 0.7% in 2000 in the United States.[26] It occurs four-to-five times more often in males than females.[26] The number of people diagnosed has increased dramatically since the 1960s, partly due to changes in diagnostic practice.[24] The question of whether actual rates have increased is unresolved.[24]
Autism is a complex neurobehavioral condition that includes impairments in social interaction and developmental language and communication skills combined with rigid, repetitive behaviors. Because of the range of symptoms, this condition is now called autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It covers a large spectrum of symptoms, skills, and levels of impairment. ASD ranges in severity from a handicap that somewhat limits an otherwise normal life to a devastating disability that may require institutional care.
Children with autism have trouble communicating. They have trouble understanding what other people think and feel. This makes it very hard for them to express themselves either with words or through gestures, facial expressions, and touch.
A child with ASD who is very sensitive may be greatly troubled -- sometimes even pained -- by sounds, touches, smells, or sights that seem normal to others.
Children who are autistic may have repetitive, stereotyped body movements such as rocking, pacing, or hand flapping. They may have unusual responses to people, attachments to objects, resistance to change in their routines, or aggressive or self-injurious behavior. At times they may seem not to notice people, objects, or activities in their surroundings. Some children with autism may also develop seizures. And in some cases, those seizures may not occur until adolescence.
Some people with autism are cognitively impaired to a degree. In contrast to more typical cognitive impairment, which is characterized by relatively even delays in all areas of development, people with autism show uneven skill development. They may have problems in certain areas, especially the ability to communicate and relate to others.