{"id":11504,"date":"2023-01-14T14:25:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-14T11:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acesaudi.org\/what-is-autism-spectrum-disorder\/"},"modified":"2023-05-20T18:38:57","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T15:38:57","slug":"what-is-autism-spectrum-disorder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/acesaudi.org\/en\/what-is-autism-spectrum-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"What is autism spectrum disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"11504\" class=\"elementor elementor-11504 elementor-2602\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"xts-negative-gap elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-40dc6c5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default xts-section-disabled\" data-id=\"40dc6c5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-13878ab\" data-id=\"13878ab\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a6d422 elementor-nav-menu__align-center elementor-nav-menu--dropdown-tablet elementor-nav-menu__text-align-aside elementor-nav-menu--toggle elementor-nav-menu--burger elementor-widget elementor-widget-nav-menu\" data-id=\"7a6d422\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;submenu_icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;&lt;i class=\\&quot;\\&quot; 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font-variant-caps: normal;\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\">Prevalence of autism spectrum disorder worldwide<\/h5>\n<div>\n<p style=\"font-family: Tajawal, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-size: 15px;\">According to the World Health Organization: One out of every 160 children worldwide has an autism spectrum disorder. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder in the United States is:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-family: Tajawal, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-size: 15px;\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 15px;\">In 2020 AD (one out of every 54 children) has autism spectrum disorder.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 15px;\">In 2018 AD (one out of every 59 children) had an autism spectrum disorder.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-48e3af4\" data-id=\"48e3af4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2d9610 xts-scheme-inherit xts-textalign-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e2d9610\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n<h5 id=\"title\">The reason for the increasing prevalence of autism spectrum disorder<\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li>Diagnostic criteria are becoming more flexible. The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) merged Asperger&#8217;s syndrome, pervasive developmental disorders-unspecified PDD-NOS, and older autism into a single term, &#8220;autism spectrum disorder.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The spread of survey programs such as the M-CHAT autism questionnaire test for children (from 16 to 30 months old) to detect and determine the risk of developing autism spectrum disorder, and it is done during the periodic appointments of young children.<\/li>\n<li>Raising awareness in the community of autism spectrum disorder.<\/li>\n<li id=\"last\">In the past many individuals with autism may have been misdiagnosed with other diagnoses such as intellectual disability: Because with the rise in autism diagnoses, Diagnoses of intellectual disability decreased.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"xts-negative-gap elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-52040a2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default xts-section-disabled\" data-id=\"52040a2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8d3cf4e\" data-id=\"8d3cf4e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc30c57\" data-id=\"bc30c57\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7d4fd5 xts-animation-flip-y-right xts-animation-normal xts_delay_100 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d7d4fd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"914\" height=\"249\" src=\"https:\/\/acesaudi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/aboutImg2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10483\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acesaudi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/aboutImg2.png 914w, https:\/\/acesaudi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/aboutImg2-500x136.png 500w, https:\/\/acesaudi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/aboutImg2-768x209.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 914px) 100vw, 914px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-be15bb7\" data-id=\"be15bb7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is a developmental disorder whose primary symptoms include difficulties in communication and social interaction, and limited, repetitive patterns of behaviour. 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