Autism

Definition

Autism is a specific type of communication disorder which has some overlap with semantic/pragmatic disorders of language but also with other types of neurodevelopmental disorder. Pulled straight from the Powerpoint slides of one of our lecturers.

Essentially, autism is a developmental disorder with a variety consequences.

Epidemiology

Commoner in boys and usually presents in early childhood with a prevalence of about 3/1000.

Clinical Features

In autism there is a triad of difficulties which define it. These are: ====A severe language disorder==== oinoin