Autistic Disorder

Cultural and Disease Paper
Autistic
Autism known as Autistic disorder is a neurological disorder that may occur during the first three years of life. The children with this disorder appears distance; living in their own world. The child does not show interest in interaction with other and lack of awareness to surroundings. Autistic children have problem communicating with others, poor eye contact, and shows limited attachment to others including parents. According to Choc Health (2012), "Approximately 3 to 6 out of every 1,000 children born are diagnosed with autism. Autism is more prevalent in boys than girls, with four times as many boys affected than girls.” There is no infinitive way of understanding why 3 to 6 children develop this
The point still remains that children have reach an all-time high in developing autism. The causes are numerous, treatment and diagnosis is limited. Autistic Disorder has so many contributing factors cause such as: environmental, poor nutrition, Immune deficiency, and other contributing factors. Having this disorder also comes with speculation as to how children obtain such disorder with immunization playing a part in autism. Reviewing more in-depth at this particular population and its disorder finding that the environment and others may play a big part in factoring how does a vulnerable person; such a child develop this disorder. A study called Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation (EARLI) found by an organization called Autism Speaks has provided funding to acquire what part does environmental factors have in correlation to autism. The founders of EARLI have links contributing factors in genes as a direct link to the changes in the brain, although other children with this disorder may have hazards in their environment. Siblings have some similarities in genes and they grow up in the same environment. The "Earlistudy.org" (2008) website Research shows that younger brothers or sisters of a child with Autism
Some of the common symptoms are: not socially interactive, delays in speech, demonstrates repetitive behavior. These symptoms could also mimic other condition and other disorder. This is what makes it somewhat difficult to treat and even diagnose properly. Parent reports that infants with autism show no interest and they are unaffectionate. Children with ASD do not communicate well, because perhaps they have not developed speech, or it is delayed. Repetitive behavior is also a very common symptom in this disorder. Children with ASD have repetitive motor movement like rocking, hand flapping, or finger flapping. These individual are sensitive to noise and easily distracted by lights, and moving objects. This disorder and its symptom for the most part can describe a typical child. Often times ASD is misdiagnosed for that reason. Once ASD is properly diagnosed through several different phases and there are 2 levels of screening. The first screening is performed by a physician at the child wellness checkup during the first 2 years. The physician will be observing developmental deficiencies such as: no babbling or gesturing by 12 months, no single words by 18 months, or not repeating the sound of other by 24 months. The second level of screening will be performed if the child has been identified with developmental deficiencies in the