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Mind Map by lynda_ashford_25, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by lynda_ashford_25
about 11 years ago
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Autism
- Autism is more a lack of insight into others and even
the self disconnect between the intellect and
everything else.
- Aspeger's was discovered shortly after
- Defined by three core symptoms
- Qualitative
impairment
of social
interaction
- Qualitative
impairments in
communication
- Restrictive
repetitive and
stereotyped
patterns of
behaviors,
interest and
activities
- Qualitative
impairment
of social
interaction
- Is a lifetime condition and
early intervention works
better than late, although all
intervention works.
- Prevalence- 1:88 children .
- Low functioning
autism - 2:1
in males
- High
functioning
autism - 4.2:1
in males
- Low functioning
autism - 2:1
in males
- Genetic component- 60 -
90% concordance for
identical twins, 10 - 30%
concordance for fraternal
twins, and 18%
concordance with
siblings.
- Theories of Autism- MMR vaccines (found to
be false), cognitive theories (mind not
developed, weak central coherence and
executive dysfunction), biological theories
(extreme male brain, amygdala syndrome,
mirror neuron dysfunction, default mode
network failure and neural connectivity)
- Aspeger's was discovered shortly after
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