Autism Awareness Video: Diagnostic Criteria for Autism

An introduction to autism. Objective Learn about the diagnostic characteristics of autism into things, you can do to screen young children for autism. Autism is a developmental disability characterized by deficits in three areas: impairment in social interaction, impairment in communication, repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior and interest. Autism is the fastest growing serious developmental disability in the united states. As of March 2012, the centers for disease control and prevention reports that one in eighty children in the united states have an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Boys are five times more likely than girls to have autism. Autism can also co-occur with symptoms of the following disorders: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), Learning disabilities, Intellectual developmental disorder, Anxiety disorder. Part 1: Diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorder Number 1 Impairment in social interaction. Young children with autism demonstrate deficits in social interaction skills in many different areas, for example, the child may not establish or maintain eye contact with others, here when the teacher removes the pieces of the toy the child does not look back up her may not respond to his name, or may not use age-appropriate gestures also may not develop age-appropriate pure relations, may not respond appropriately to other people's emotions, or may not show social experiences but others, or demonstrate joint attention skills, and young child with autism also demonstrate the lack of make believe play or social play. Number 2 Impairment in communication Young children with autism demonstrate deficits in communication in various ways: Children with autism may not developing verbal language or may have limited or underdeveloped language He may demonstrate difficulties and having a conversation or may use language in an repetitive way. Number 3 Repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior and interest. Young children with autism may demonstrate behaviors that a repetitive or stereotyped in nature and they have very restricted interests, for example, a child with autism may demonstrate repetitive body movement or may have an intense preoccupation with specific interests such as letters and numbers, or with parts of objects. Here the child with autism is focusing on the little spinning circles in the center of the toy. Each child with autism might develop rigid non-functional routines, and tent them when those routines are interrupted. and may demonstrate unusual responses to sensory input, such as refusing to wear bandages or covering his ears in response to certain noises or sounds.