Human Growth and Development / Unit 6 HGD 0762 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Autism Spectrum Disorder
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The idea
Autism spectrum disorder involves persistent deficits in social communication and interaction, with restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour; the CDC identifies about one in thirty-one eight-year-olds.
In practice
Autism identified over three times as often in boys, with diagnosis most often around four and a half.
Where people slip
Many are diagnosed later, even in adulthood; the prevalence figure comes from twenty twenty-two data.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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