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Atypical autism is one of the types of autism that is diagnosed at a slightly later age than the statistical diagnosis of autism in children. Autism is a disturbed perception of sensory impressions and difficulties in communicating, expressing one’s own emotions and recognizing the feelings and intentions of others. The first symptoms of atypical autism usually appear only in the third year of a child’s life. Usually, they also persist to a greater or lesser extent until the end of life.
Symptoms of atypical autism
Autism is a disturbance in the functioning of the central nervous system – this applies to both early childhood autism and atypical autism.
symptoms atypical autism are essentially identical to the symptoms of childhood autism. Children of atypical autism later than their peers they start to speak, they are more interested in objects than in people, including their closest caregivers, do not follow a moving object with their eyes, avoid looking at people; they are especially reluctant to look into the eyes. Children of atypical autism they are also insensitive to pain. They do not like changes – both when it comes to the distribution of items in the immediate surroundings and the daily schedule. They tend to repeat the same words over and over again or the same fun. They do not like cuddling, often do not tolerate other people’s touch at all, are not interested in contacts with other children, have sudden tantrums and even aggression. They also exhibit auto-aggressive behavior.
Atypical autism is usually diagnosed after the child’s 3 years of age, which is later than standard cases autism. This is often because atypical autism accompanies other disorders and they attract the attention of parents and doctors. Autistic behavior is attributed to the condition and it usually takes some time for the doctor to diagnose the child atypical autism. However, it may also happen that a child develops properly up to the age of 3, followed by a behavior change and symptoms autism. Particular anxiety should be raised by the child’s gradual or sudden loss of the ability to communicate and build social relationships, especially reluctance to play with peers.
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The causes of atypical autism
The reasons atypical autism have not been fully understood and studied by scientists. The risk factors for the occurrence of this ailment include: prematurity, low birth weight, older age of parents, taking certain medications, environmental pollution.
The most common genetic factors considered to be causes atypical autism are: a mutation called fragile X syndrome, tuberous sclerosis, a mutation in the ADA2 gene, and mutations in some genes in the chromosome 2 and 7 regions.
Risk factors also include toxoplasmosis in pregnancy, cerebral palsy and perinatal injuries. The link with autism is not vaccinated, according to the latest research.
What therapy is used for atypical autism?
Atypical autism is an incurable disease. You can ease him symptomshowever, they will accompany the diagnosed patient atypical autism basically for the rest of my life.
If it is found in a child atypical autism, it is very important to start the therapy as early as possible. Comprehensive psychotherapy tailored to the case is optimal. In each diagnosed case autism, including atypical autism, it is important that the child develops at least minimal interest in the environment as well as linguistic and social competences, consisting in building relationships with peers and caregivers.
Children of atypical autism differ from each other in terms of the degree of severity of specific symptoms. Some children do not develop speech at all, others communicate only the most urgent needs, and it may be that they have their own way of communicating, for example, based on gestures. They have difficulty expressing their emotions and reacting to stimuli coming from the outside world. The goal of psychotherapy is to try to open the child to relationships with the outside world and learn to express emotions and build interaction with the environment. The child is also taught to recognize other people’s emotions.
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