CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

AUTISM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Autism is NOT a lifelong condition. True or False?
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Autism is a lifelong condition that affects the way a person perceives the world, how they behave and how they interact with other people.

Detailed explanation-2: -Autism is a lifelong neurodevelopmental condition that affects how Autistic people perceive the world, think and behave, and communicate and interact with others. Put simply, autistic people see, hear and feel the world differently to other people. Autism is not an illness or disease and cannot be ‘cured’.

Detailed explanation-3: -Abstract. Autism or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is described as a lifelong condition with core behavioural symptoms appearing during infancy or early childhood.

Detailed explanation-4: -The study found that the average death of an autistic person was age 54, while their matched controls had an average death age of 70 (Bazian 2016). That means, on average, autistic people are dying 16 years earlier than the general population.

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