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
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
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)