Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or Kanner syndrome
ASD is neurological disorder that affects social interaction, verbal communication and repetitive behaviour. It can affect the nervous system in serious cases, for example severe autistic person will be pushed around in a wheelchair, not because there too stupid to do it, but they physically can’t do it, or some thing might feel soft to a regular person, someone with autism People with autism also have a hard time with change in there life. ASD is more commonly found in boys than girls.
Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)
Autism is actually a form of PDD. And they have the same list of symptoms. The only difference is that you can get medication for PDD, but not for autism (don’t forget about therapy for these mental disorders.)
Aspergers syndrome
Aspergers syndrome is a type of high functioning autism. People with aspergers become over-focused or obsessed on a single topic, and ignore others. They will present facts but with no point or conclusion, and they will not recognise when some one has lost interest in the topic. People with aspergers don’t repel from socialising, but speech problems in a social situation may lead them to isolation. Also their body language might be off, they may repeat comments or emotions they have heard/ had in the past, may not understand sarcasm or humour, and take speech in its literal term. They may not understand that they need to lower their voice to lower or raise their voice in different places and they don’t want to work around their routines and rituals. People with aspergers syndrome are very active but may have delays in motor skills; the symptoms are related to other mental disorders like ADD, ADHD, and Teurette syndrome.
High functioning autism (HFA)
The term HFA is not a proper diagnosis term, but it is used to describe autism milder than regular autism.
Low functioning autism (LFA)
Like HFA its not a proper diagnosis, it is used to describe autism more serous than regular autism.
Retts syndrome
Retts syndrome is not a type of autism, but very similar to the point of being mistaken for autism or cerebral palsies. Retts syndrome affects 1-10,000 children. Like autism, symptoms of Retts can be mild or severe. Symptoms include apraxia (apraxia is a disorder of the brain and nervous system in which a person is unable to perform tasks or movements when asked, even though the request or command is understood, they are willing to perform the task), breathing problems that may get worse thought stress, flopping arms and legs-frequently the first sign (similar to autism), intellectual disabilities, scoliosis (curving of the spine, side ways from the middle), shaking, unsteadiness, toe walking, seizures in serious cases, slow head growth (which is usually noticed at 5-6 months of age), loss of normal sleep pattern, loss of social engagement (like autism), poor circulation that can lead to cold arms and legs, and severe speech development issues (like in autism).
Childhood disintegrative disorder (CDD) also known as Heller’s syndrome and disintegrative psychosis.
This mental disorder only affects 1.7% of 100,000 people, and is considered a low functioning autism. The age in which children can get affected is 2-10 years. Kid affected with CDD can appear to be reacting to hallucinations, and skills learned can quickly become lost. CDD is commonly diagnosed if the individual lacks two of the following;
· Expressive language
· Receptive language skills
· Social skills and self care skills
· Control over bowel or bladder
· Play skills
· Motor skills
And has difficulty in at least two of the following;
· Social interactions
· Communication
· Repetitive behavior and interest patterns
Semantic pragmatic disorder (SPD)
Known as a HFA. Symptoms are delayed language development, learning to talk by memorising phrases, repeating out of content, mixing up “I” and “you”, problems understanding questions like “How” or “Why”, difficulty following conversation. Children with this disorder also have trouble with the meanings of what people say, and they don’t understand how to use speech.
Some of these mental disorders I never even heard of before, so I’m also learning.
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