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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a DSM-5 neurodevelopmental disorder defined by persistent impairments in social interaction and communication plus restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour, interests, and activities. Symptoms begin early, though they may become more obvious later as social demands increase; they must cause clinically significant impairment and must not be better explained by intellectual disability or general developmental delay. Features may include limited emotional responsiveness, poor reciprocity, difficulty forming peer relationships, delayed or absent speech, stereotyped/idiosyncratic language and nonverbal behaviour (including gaze aversion), insistence on sameness, and ritualized mannerisms. DSM-5 reports prevalence around 1% in both child and adult samples in the US and other countries. The condition was described by Leo Kanner (1894–1981) in 1943 and Hans Asperger (1906–80) in 1944 and has also been called autistic disorder, childhood autism, infantile autism, and Kanner’s syndrome; it relates to topics such as theory of mind and mirror neurons and is compared with ADHD, Rett’s disorder, schizophrenia, and selective mutism.
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a DSM-5 neurodevelopmental disorder defined by persistent impairments in social interaction and communication plus restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour, interests, and activities. Symptoms begin early, though they may become more obvious later as social demands increase; they must cause clinically significant impairment and must not be better explained by intellectual disability or general developmental delay. Features may include limited emotional responsiveness, poor reciprocity, difficulty forming peer relationships, delayed or absent speech, stereotyped/idiosyncratic language and nonverbal behaviour (including gaze aversion), insistence on sameness, and ritualized mannerisms. DSM-5 reports prevalence around 1% in both child and adult samples in the US and other countries. The condition was described by Leo Kanner (1894–1981) in 1943 and Hans Asperger (1906–80) in 1944 and has also been called autistic disorder, childhood autism, infantile autism, and Kanner’s syndrome; it relates to topics such as theory of mind and mirror neurons and is compared with ADHD, Rett’s disorder, schizophrenia, and selective mutism.
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