The number of children with autism increases
On World Autism Awareness Day, experts say early diagnosis of children is very important. « Identifying early signs are distinct in the first two years of life. The earlier the identification of concerns begins, the earlier the intervention, the earlier the threshold of difficulties, » said the Coordinator of the Regional Center for Autism, Juliana Esaj.
What are the symptoms that parents need to do to address experts. « Speaking is the most distinctive element. Since speech comes and dates earlier and parents expect to imitate, expect to say some words, it is more noticeable. So we have a communication stop, its underdevelopment or a delay.
The rest is the part of sharing the joys, emotions, the part of the interaction with other children, the interest in joining the children, to make a game with them. This too is not seen sufficiently developed in the development of children. The latter is then that most children create a kind of routine by making more repetitive behaviors, ”explained.
Technology is also a concern, especially exposure of long -term children before the age of 3 years. « At least the first three years of life should not be offered to the wholesale children not to say zero then. The idea is that in these three years children need to develop, they need to touch things really, they need to feel the environment in which they are, » Juliana Asaj further continues.
Studies show that autism is more widespread in boys than in girls, with a ratio of about 4: 1. In the US, about 1 in 36 children is diagnosed with an autistic spectrum disorder.
