| It is known there is no specific
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| | clearly appear severe and sustained
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| diagnostic test for Autism Spectrum
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| | impairments in the social and
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| Disorder, and the best way to get a
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| | communication areas. The child is
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| diagnosis is to make a multi-disciplinary
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| | observed as being different than other
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| evaluation.
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| | children, he is anxious, responds
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| A psychologist or psychiatrist
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| | unusually to many different stimuli, has
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| experienced with Autism Spectrum
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| | poor attention and motivation, and speech
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| Disorders can make a diagnose for adults,
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| | can be delayed or largely absent. The
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| and in what concerns children, they must
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| | child can also have a range of
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| be tested by a number of professionals,
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| | ritualistic behaviours, like hand
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| which will provide the needed information
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| | flapping, finger gazing or toe walking.
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| to make decisions about program and
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| | It was seen that the child or adult with
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| treatment approaches.
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| | autism can be also intellectually
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| It was seen that the age of diagnosis
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| | disabled.
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| ranges, depending on the circumstances
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| | We can mention a loosely used term to
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| from approximately 18 months through to
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| | describe a child or adult who meets the
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| adulthood.
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| | criteria for a diagnosis of Autism, but
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| Autism Spectrum Disorder deals with
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| | is not as severely affected as the more
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| several labels, for example at an end of
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| | classically autistic person-High
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| the spectrum there can be diagnoses like
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| | Functioning Autism.
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| "Asperger Syndrome", "High Functioning
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| | Asperger Syndrome deals with severe and
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| Autism" and "PDD-NOS", and at the other
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| | sustained social impairments, but the
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| end, we can find labels like "Autism",
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| | impairments in the language and
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| "Classic Autism" and "Kanner Autism".
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| | communication area aren't so severe. The
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| Several labels place people at different
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| | speech develops within the normal age
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| points of the spectrum.
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| | range, but effectively communication is
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| We can say that the term Autism Spectrum
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| | impaired.
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| Disorder is used because there is a great
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| | It was seen that the impairments become
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| variation from person to person, which
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| | more evident as the child reaches
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| depends on the severity and combination
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| | pre-school and school age, being more
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| of each area of impairment. It is known
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| | subtle in the very young child.
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| that together with Autism Spectrum
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| | There can also be given a diagnosis for
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| Disorder may exist also other conditions
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| | children who present with some of the
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| or disorders, like speech and language
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| | characteristics of either Autism or
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| disorders, anxiety and depression,
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| | Asperger Syndrome, but not severe enough
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| intellectual disability, epilepsy,
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| | for a diagnosis of either of these
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| attention disorders, Tourette Syndrome
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| | conditions and this is Pervasive
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| and Down Syndrome.
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| | Developmental Disorder - Not Otherwise
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| Usually, before the age of 3, in autism,
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| | Specified.
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