Intro
Neurodevelopmental Disorders characterized by communication, social, and behavior challenges. wide spectrum
History
Symptoms
- Social Communication and Interaction:
- Difficulty with back-and-forth conversation
- Reduced sharing of interests or emotions
- Challenges in understanding or responding to social cues like eye contact and facial expressions
- Difficulties in developing and maintaining relationships
- Repetitive Behaviours:
- Repeating certain behaviors or having unusual behaviors
- Overly focused interests, such as moving objects or parts of objects
- A strong need for routine, order, and rituals
- Sensitivity to sensory input such as light, sound, or touch
- Behavioural
- Strict time routine and orderliness and get upset when not met
- hyperfocus on activities
- particular about food
- repeat a word / phrase
- tics, repeated gestures, involuntary actions
- eye contact
- Social / Communication
- difficulty understanding social cues
- difficulty understanding non-verbal cues
- difficulty regulating or understanding tone
Mood
Causes
Genetic Environmental
Co-morbidity
Eating Disorders Sleep Disorders
Risk Factors
Having a sibling with ASD Having certain genetic or chromosomal conditions, such as fragile X complications at birth age of parents during conception
Treatment
lifelong no cure Therapy + Medication can help