CD 225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Toshiyori, Sign Language, Intelligence Quotient
4 Feb 2017
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Autism spectrum disorders: asd, the fastest growing developmental disability in the us, affects 1 in 68 children, boys are 5 times more likely than girls to have asd. Did you know : 62% of children having asds do not have intellectual disability intelligence quotient < 70, asd commonly co-occurs with other developmental & psychiatric diagnoses. The co-occurrence of one or more non-asd developmental diagnoses is 83% The co-occurrence of one or more psychiatric diagnoses is 10% Asds occur in all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups. Treatments are not always covered by insurance. 32 states have some form of autism insurance coverage law. Government decided that states will not have to cover it under aca. History of autism: 1943 this austrian dude describes it as socially isolated children who share an obsessive desire for sameness , 2013 dsm-5 folds all subcategories into one umbrella diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder.
