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Key facts

Medical condition.field

Psychiatry (neuropsychiatry), clinical psychology, pediatrics, occupational medicine

Medical condition.symptoms

Difficulties in social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication; inflexible routines; focused interests; repetitive body movements; unusual sensory responses

Medical condition.complications

Social isolation, educational and employment problems, anxiety, stress, bullying, depression, self-harm, suicidality

Medical condition.onset

Early childhood

Medical condition.onset_always

Yes

Medical condition.duration

Lifelong

Medical condition.causes

Multifactorial, with many uncertain factors

Medical condition.risks

Family history, certain genetic conditions, having older parents, certain prescribed drugs, perinatal and neonatal health issues

Medical condition.diagnosis

Based on a combination of clinical observation of behavior and development and comprehensive diagnostic testing completed by a team of qualified professionals. For adults, the use of a patient's written and oral history of autistic traits becomes more important

Medical condition.differential

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, intellectual disability, language disorders, social (pragmatic) communication disorder, selective mutism, stereotypic movement disorder, Rett syndrome, anxiety disorders, obsessive–compulsive disorder, schizophrenia, fragile X syndrome, personality disorders

Medical condition.management

Applied behavior analysis, cognitive behavioral therapy, occupational therapy, speech–language pathology

Medical condition.frequency

One in 100 people (1%) worldwide

via Wikipedia infobox

• Autism risk factors: genes, environment, and gene-environment interactions.ReviewDialogues in clinical neuroscience · 2012Chaste P, Leboyer MDOI: 10.31887/DCNS.2012.14.3/pchaste
• Autism in Women.ReviewNeurologic clinics · 2023Ochoa-Lubinoff C, Makol BA, Dillon EFDOI: 10.1016/j.ncl.2022.10.006
• Sensory perception in autism.ReviewNature reviews. Neuroscience · 2017Robertson CE, Baron-Cohen SDOI: 10.1038/nrn.2017.112
• Diagnosis of autism.ReviewBMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2003Baird G, Cass H, Slonims VDOI: 10.1136/bmj.327.7413.488
• Food Selectivity in Children with Autism: Guidelines for Assessment and Clinical Interventions.ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Esposito M, Mirizzi P, Fadda R et al.DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20065092
• Profound Autism: An Imperative Diagnosis.ReviewPediatric clinics of North America · 2024Wachtel LE, Escher J, Halladay A et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2023.12.005
• Overview of the Recent Advances in Pathophysiology and Treatment for Autism.ReviewCNS & neurological disorders drug targets · 2018Famitafreshi H, Karimian MDOI: 10.2174/1871527317666180706141654
• The cerebellum, sensitive periods, and autism.ReviewNeuron · 2014Wang SS, Kloth AD, Badura ADOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.07.016

via PubMed

Wikidata facts

Instance of

personality trait

Named after

-ism

Image

Autismbrain.jpg

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