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Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) or autism spectrum conditions (ASCs) describe a range of conditions classified as neurodevelopmental disorders in the DSM-5, used by the American Psychiatric Association. [1] As with many neurodivergent people and conditions, the popular image of autistic people and autism itself is often based on inaccurate ...
Autism, formally called autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or autism spectrum condition (ASC), is a neurodevelopmental disorder marked by deficits in reciprocal social communication, and the presence of restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior.
Autism Speaks. / 40.7477494; -73.9843983. Autism Speaks Inc. is an American non-profit autism awareness organization and the largest autism research organization in the United States. [4] [5] [6] It sponsors autism research and conducts awareness and outreach activities aimed at families, governments, and the public. [4]
The Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped Children (TEACCH) philosophy recognizes autism as a lifelong condition and does not aim to cure but to respond to autism as a culture. [2] Core tenets of the TEACCH philosophy include an understanding of the effects of autism on individuals; use of assessment to ...
World Autism Awareness Day is an internationally recognized day annually on 2 April, encouraging Member States of the United Nations to take measures to raise awareness about autistic individuals throughout the world. [1] [2] It was designated by the United Nations General Assembly resolution (A/RES/62/139), [3] passed in council on 1 November ...
Purpose. diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. The Ritvo Autism & Asperger Diagnostic Scale ( RAADS) is a psychological self-rating scale developed by Dr. Riva Ariella Ritvo (NPI UCLA and CSC Yale). An abridged and translated 14 question version was then developed at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience at the Karolinska Institute, to aid ...
Revista Autismo. Revista Autismo ("Autism Magazine" in English) [1] is a Brazilian magazine, free, pressed and digital, created in 2010, made by volunteering parents of children with autism. It is the first magazine about autism in Latin America [2] [3] and the first in the world on this syndrome.
Domus Instituto de Autismo was established in Mexico in May 1980 by parents of children with autism. Autism-Europe began in 1983, co-ordinating autism organisations across Europe. In Brazil, Associação de Amigos do Autista (AMA, Association of Friends of the Autistic) was founded in 1983. Within a year of this, they were running a school.