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2. High-functioning autism - Wikipedia

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   While anxiety is one of the most commonly occurring mental health symptoms, children and adolescents with high functioning autism are at an even greater risk of developing symptoms. [ 18 ] There are other comorbidities , the presence of one or more disorders in addition to the primary disorder, associated with high-functioning autism.

3. Autism - Wikipedia

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   Autism, also called autism spectrum disorder [a] (ASD) or autism spectrum condition (ASC), [10] is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by symptoms of deficient reciprocal social communication and the presence of restricted, repetitive, and inflexible patterns of behavior that are impairing in multiple contexts and excessive or atypical to be developmentally and socioculturally ...

4. Savant syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Neurodevelopmental disorder such as autism spectrum disorder, brain injury [ 1] Frequency. ~1 in a million people [ 4] Savant syndrome ( / ˈsævənt, sæˈvɑːnt / SAV-ənt, sə-VAHNT, US also / səˈvɑːnt / sav-AHNT) is a phenomenon where someone demonstrates exceptional aptitude in one domain, such as art or mathematics, despite ...

5. Causes of autism - Wikipedia

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   A wide variety of postnatal contributors to autism have been proposed, including gastrointestinal or immune system abnormalities, allergies, and exposure of children to drugs, infection, certain foods, or heavy metals. The evidence for these risk factors is anecdotal and has not been confirmed by reliable studies.

6. Asperger syndrome - Wikipedia

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   A 2003 review of epidemiological studies of children found autism rates ranging from 0.03 to 4.84 per 1,000, with the ratio of autism to Asperger syndrome ranging from 1.5:1 to 16:1; [145] combining the geometric mean ratio of 5:1 with a conservative prevalence estimate for autism of 1.3 per 1,000 suggests indirectly that the prevalence of AS ...

7. Diagnosis of autism - Wikipedia

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   According to the DSM-5-TR (2022), in order to receive a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder, one must present with "persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction" and "restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities." [3] These behaviors must begin in early childhood and affect one's ability to ...