Wake Up Parents! Autism Much More Widespread Than Thought.

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Study finds range of autism traits in many kids

 

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life worse than this? Instead of preventing such things from happening we are seeing a boom in business as institutions, doctors and experts prey on the helplessness of these unfortunate kids and their families. The media will not listen. The politicians don't want to get involved. The scientists say, "every technology has a dark side" and even, "water is more toxic then our drugs and vaccines". What is more important, the lives and health of our children or the income of multinational companies and their servile promoters? The whole nation is today overcome with greed and apathy. And we talk of a "resurgent India"! - Jagannath]

 

Many children exhibit autism-like traits, even if their symptoms are

not severe enough for a clinical diagnosis, new research suggests.

 

 

Researchers from the University College London (UCL) Institute of Child

Health found a gradual progression from children who do not have

autistic symptoms to those with severe behavioural and emotional

impairments that are hallmarks of autism.

 

 

If autism was a distinct condition, such a spectrum would not be possible, the researchers argue.

 

The research, which included more than 8,000 eight-year-old children,

also found that even children who have mild autistic symptoms are more

likely to experience the behavioural, emotional and social difficulties

common in autistic patients.

 

 

"Clinicians and those involved in education need to be aware that there

are children who do not have autism but who nevertheless have somewhat

elevated levels of autistic traits," study authors Prof. David Skuse

and Dr. William Mandy, said in a statement. "Our research suggests that

that these children are at slightly greater risk of developing

behavioural and emotional problems."

 

 

The findings are published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

 

 

According to the researchers, more scientists now believe that, rather

than being a distinct group, kids with autism actually exhibit extreme

versions of traits that most people experience.

 

 

Autism is defined as a spectrum of disorders that can cause mild to severe social, emotional and behavioural impairment.

 

 

There is no known cause or cure. However, experts believe that early

intervention with behavioural therapy can improve a patient's symptoms.

 

 

 

According to the researchers, their study suggests that children who do

not receive a formal autism diagnosis will be unable to access

treatment.

 

 

In an accompanying editorial, Prof. John Constantino of Washington

University, said the findings have implications for doctors and

families of children who exhibit behavioural difficulties that do not

warrant an autism diagnosis.

 

 

"The approach of teachers and family members to such children can vary

dramatically on the basis of the perceived origins of the behaviour,

and recognition of the contribution of subthreshold autistic

impairments can result in far more appropriate and supportive responses

than typically occur when antisocial motives are presumed," Constantino

wrote.

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