What Is Autism?
Behavioural/learning disability-autism, also called autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a kind of functional psychosis which is due to a basic defect in language development of perception.
People with autism have trouble with communication.Perversive lack of of responsiveness to other persons, making it difficult to have warm emotional relationships.Speech may be absent or develop late and present with peculiar patterns evident in the form of misuse of pronouns,inappropriate repetition of words spoken by others or metaphorical use of language.This causes speech and non verbal communication defects and so they do not take part in imitative games.
People with autism might have problems with learning. Their skills might develop unevenly. For example,trouble communicating but good at art and craft, music, math, or memory.
Signs and symptoms:
Symptoms start showing from the age of 3
A lack of eye contact
lack of interest or intense interest in certain things.
Odd repetitive movements,inappropriate rage,repeating words, attachments to certain animate or inanimate subjects
Hypersensitive to sound, touch, smell, or sights.
Not looking at or listening to other people.some children may also have seizures and will not start until adolescence.
Types of ASD:
Asperger’s syndrome. These children don’t have a problem with language; their IQ levels are average or above average but have problems connecting socially and a lack of interests in things.
Autism, refers to problems with social responsiveness, communication and speech defects, and play in children.
Childhood disintegrative disorder. These children after 2 years of age lose some or total lack of communication and social skills.
Pervasive developmental disorder (PDD or atypical autism). some autistic behavior, like delays in social and communications skills.
Causes of Autism:
It could be because of problems in parts of your brain that are responsible for sensory and language process.
Autism is more common in boys than girls.
Genetic factors have been implicated.Parents of autistic children are commonly found to be cold,detached and obsessive.
Advanced age of parent can increase risk of autism in children.
Pregnant women on certain drugs,alcohol or anti-seizure medications.
Parent suffering from diabetes and obesity. Research has also linked autism to untreated phenylketonuria (also called PKU, a metabolic disorder caused by the absence of an enzyme) and rubella (German measles).
Diagnosis:
Diagnosis is made based on the developmental milestones and behaviour of the child.
The child is screened for IQ,speech,behaviour and movement.Any developmental delays can be found at the child’s checkup’s at 9months,18months,24months,30months.
evaluation on vision tests,hearing tests and genetic tests.
Homoeopathic Management and Treatment of Autism:
Behaviour and communication therapy.
Occupational therapy can help in dressing, eating, and forming social contact.Psychotherapy for families.
Homeopathic medicines act at the neuro developmental levels and are safe for kids. within few weeks to a few months, positive changes are seen at the level of speech, languages and cognition.