What is autism and how does it impact a child's development?

Autism

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is a

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developmental

disability that affects the way people communicate, interact with peers and people and their

behavior

manner of acting or controlling yourself

behaviour

. Kids who have

autism

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may start showing signs around the

age

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of 18 months, but these signs are usually seen between the

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of 2 and 3.

Autism

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is a

life-long

continuing through life

lifelong

condition and it is a spectrum

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disorder

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. Spectrum

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disorder

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means that people can experience a wide range of symptoms and the level of severity. 1% of the world population

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are affected

by these disorders. There are three common forms of

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autism which

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autism, which

are Autistic

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Disorder

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or “Classic

Autism

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”, Pervasive

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Developmental

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Disorder

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and

Asperger’s

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Syndrome but

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Syndrome, but

now these are all known as

Autism

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Spectrum Disorders or ASD. Pervasive Development

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Disorder

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(PDD-NOS) has symptoms that are more severe than

Asperger’s

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Syndrome but

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Syndrome, but

not as intense as classic

autism

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.

Asperger’s

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Syndrome is on the mild side of the spectrum and people with

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syndrome can be very intelligent and focused on topics that are interesting to them, but they have a harder time socializing. Autistic

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Disorder

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is more severe than

Asperger’s

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syndrome and Pervasive Development

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Disorder

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. There is another form of

autism

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, but

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is very rare and

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doesn’t count

in the spectrum. It’s the Childhood Disintegrative

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Disorder

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, the most severe and the scariest. In

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disorder

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the kids develop normally until the

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2-4 and

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quickly lose many of their social, language, mental skills. They can

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develop a seizure

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disorder

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. There are many therapies available to help with

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the severity

of

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and improve the skills and symptoms, but it cannot be fully cured. There are many ways that the development of kids with

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is impacted. Children with

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usually have difficulty with join attention which means difficulty using eye contact and gestures share experiences with others.

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makes it harder for kids to develop their communication, language and learning skills.

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doesn’t allow them to be involved in situations where they learn how to take turns, interpret facial expressions etc.They find it harder to understand other people and their perspectives.

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, they can’t predict other people’s behaviour and how their behaviour and actions and affecting others. Typical developing kids develop these skills around the

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of 3-5

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years, but

kids with

autism

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take longer. A

child

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faces difficulty putting details together to see the whole picture. An example to help understand

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better is that a

child

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might remember the tiny little details

form

a giver or sender

from

a

story but

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story, but

forget the overall plot or meaning of the story. Other challenges that a

child

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with

autism

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faces are

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focused

, attention, transitions, organisation, memory, time management, emotional control, frustration, repetitive

behaviors

manner of acting or controlling yourself

behaviours

etc. Theses are just

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of the many challenges they face. In conclusion,

autism

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does impact a

child

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in many ways and we can only acknowledge and understand those factors if we are aware about

autism

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and think like the

child

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would.