Diagnostic Criteria of Autism
Autism (from Gr αὐτός “itself) is classified by the World Health Organization as a pervasive developmental disorder, is by doctors, researchers, families and autistic self-described as a congenital, incurable perception and information processing disorder of the brain that are already in early childhood noticeable. Other researchers and autistic people describe autism as a different mode of information congenital, which is indicated by weakness in social interaction and communication, and by stereotyped behavior patterns and strengths in perception, attention, memory and intelligence.
In the current diagnostic criteria, it is a distinction between infantile autism (Kanner syndrome) and Asperger’s syndrome, which often becomes apparent only after the third year of life. Many doctors believe, however, has become an autism spectrum (autism spectrum disorder), the different severity knows.
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