Most people are completely ignorant about autism, doctors say.
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It wasn’t until he was 8 years old that he was diagnosed with autism.
Feinstein’s primary clinical interest for children with ASD and other neurodevelopmental disorders is in expanding access to care for this hugely underserved population by the use of innovative diagnostic approaches and the inclusion of many ASD children in mental health and pediatric clinics that serve a wide variety of children.
Half the children in New Jersey are not receiving comprehensive developmental evaluations as early as they could be, meaning that they may be missing out on important support and services, the report says.
The World Autism Awareness Day 2016 was celebrated across the world on 2 April 2016.
Researchers hypothesized that an index based on children’s time spent looking at social targets and shorter time spent looking at non-social targets could be used to identify ASD cases.
This is why you should all learn CPR’The lack of objective methods for identifying children with autism can be a major impediment to early diagnosis. “I was disappointed to see that number didn’t improve, because we have invested a lot of energy there in trying to build awareness”, said Singer.
“While the average percentage of children identified with (autism spectrum disorder) in all 11 communities stayed the same, in two communities, the percentage of children identified with ASD increased significantly between 2010 and 2012”, said the CDC statement.
Dr. Andrew Adesman, chief of developmental and behavioral pediatrics at Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, NY., said the new report offered some good news. “For example, in Maryland, we found that Hispanic children were less likely to be evaluated for developmental concerns and therefore less likely to be identified”.
“These are all sending the message that this disorder occurs in about 2 percent of our children”, Bilder said.
Public awareness and education is critical because the sooner a child is diagnosed with autism, the earlier he or she will benefit from intervention approaches, treatment and education, and thus be better able to live with the complex developmental brain disorders.
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Some services are available to help children with autism as they grow but once they reach 19 and are expected to be adults and be more independent, those services drop off even though support is still needed. “We are seeing this trend continue, and it’s another gap that we need to bridge”, he said. They are sons and they are daughters; they are not just numbers.
