Is it possible to cure autism?

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Autism, I believe that people who have not been in contact with this kind of children, do not understand. Many parents even think that autism is not a disease, but a psychological problem, so they go into misunderstanding and delay the treatment of children. Can autism be completely cured?

Is it possible to cure autism?

Some children with autism, as they grow older, no longer meet the diagnosis of autism. The new study found that the reason why these children "recover" is that their autism symptoms are due to other physical or psychological problems. Generally speaking, the prognosis of children with autism is related to many factors, such as the early or late onset of the disease, the severity of the disease, early speech development, cognitive function, whether accompanied by other diseases, whether medication, whether training and so on.

Psychological studies have found that the real damage of autism is cognitive impairment, mainly manifested in the early sharing attention and play behavior. Shared attention means that when children with autism share interest in something with others, they do not share interest with others, but want to get it; Play behavior means that children with autism will not play games. If early symptoms can be found, early diagnosis and early treatment will undoubtedly have a positive and effective impact on the prognosis. Autistic children do not have the ability of independent communication, and will not change their behavior to adapt to the environment according to the requirements of the environment. This kind of obstacle becomes more prominent with the increase of age. With severe mental retardation, there is no speech function, uncontrollable and intractable screaming, self injury and other behaviors, which directly threaten survival and bring obstacles to education and intervention. As parents, they need early treatment after identifying these abnormal behaviors of their children.

Early or before the diagnosis of autism, those with good language or speech function have a better prognosis. Although the disease itself limits their potential to develop language, because they have the potential or foundation, the use of drugs will be better. It is reported that half of the 16 autistic children < 6 years old with IQ > 65 can complete college education and live independently. Even for autistic children with high functional level, their spare time activities or activities are limited, and they will not make constructive decisions or give constructive suggestions. Patients with other diseases such as severe congenital heart disease, epilepsy, liver and kidney damage, tuberous sclerosis and so on have a poor prognosis, while those with hearing impairment and special life skills problems have a poor prognosis. The American Academy of Pediatrics has published 11 new features of autism in children. Among them, the most direct external manifestation is the lag of language ability and the lack of interpersonal communication ability.

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Some autistic children are also accompanied by hyperactivity, self injury and lack of safety awareness. Therefore, parents need special care to avoid accidents. Autistic children have poor initiative. Many of them are willful and love to cry. Parents need to be more patient with such children and don't beat and scold them. At present, there are many words on the Internet that can be completely cured, which is impossible. Parents need to know more about autism and other diseases to avoid being cheated.