Some behavioral manifestations and characteristics of autism were introduced earlier, what are the causes of autism today?
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Autism is a result of predominantly genetic factors, and genetic factors and environmental factors interact.
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The basic causes are divided into two categories: since 1980, various studies have shown that autism is very closely related to genetic factors, heritability is as high as 80%~90%, family studies have found that the prevalence of siblings in autistic patients is 50%, and the prevalence of autistic identical twins and fraternal twins is 96% and 27%, respectively.
From the close relationship between autism and heredity, it can be seen that a large part of people with autism are because of abnormalities already developed during maternal and fetal development.
Studies have shown that children with autism have abnormal brain structure and function. Some patients have cerebellar dysplasia, brainstem atrophy, small kernel nucleus, hippocampus shrinkage, and early brain volume increase.
Since autism is the result of congenital influences, Ichiba believes that those who always complain that "children have autism, it's so annoying!" "Why is it that my children have this disease?" of parents can face this problem, not that the child's heart is too fragile, nor is it the child's own problem, but that when the problem arises, he has no choice!
Maternal disadvantages during pregnancy
Some people will ask: most of the autism comes from heredity, that is, congenital cause, is there also a patient caused by the acquired?
The answer is of course yes, after all, every child is born like a blank piece of paper, hungry will cry, get the original satisfaction will laugh, but what triggers the autism "button"?
Autism mainly occurs in children between 1~12 years old, this time period is also a critical period of children's brain development, and the adverse environmental factors they are exposed to will also lead to an increase in the likelihood of onset.
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Environmental factors that contribute to the onset of autism include external environmental and psychological factors
External environment:
1. Heavy metal factors: for example, after heavy metals such as lead and mercury enter the body of pregnant women, they may enter the fetal body with the blood flow, causing damage to the fetal nervous system, thereby causing autism;
2. Nutritional and dietary factors: preservatives, artificial colors and other commonly used food additives may seriously affect fetal brain development, thereby causing autism;
Psychological factors:
Parental indifference to children, or children who have suffered major trauma that has serious psychological effects, etc., may lead to the occurrence of autism.
Yiye believes that congenital factors cannot be changed, as parents or family members should not only provide their children with a high-quality material living environment, but also pay attention to children's mental health and avoid touching the "button" of autism!
Last time I mentioned that I met a little girl with autism in the New Year, and I learned from my friend: the city where the little girl lives is an international metropolis, and the material environment is naturally needless to say. In the preschool years, the little girl was looked after by her grandmother, and her aunt's family had a sister who was two years younger than her, and the two often played together in the community. Later, because of her sister's move, the grandmother who originally took care of her had to take care of her sister, and the person responsible for taking care of her became her grandfather, plus her grandfather liked to drink, drunk and dizzy all day, from the countryside to the city was also a little uncomfortable, did not like to go out, the little girl should have made friends and ran at an age but was locked up in her own room, playing alone, and even her parents reported her to the interest class, and her grandfather did not send her to...
When parents who are busy with work receive a "complaint" call from the teacher, they realize the seriousness of the problem: the child is no longer willing to speak, she often beats classmates at school, classmates begin to isolate her, and she can only sit at a table alone without sharing the same table...
Every time I dig deep into the reasons behind the deviation behavior, it always makes Yiye feel uncomfortable, and behind each child's problem behavior will more or less reflect the "misfortune" in the original family, and what happened to the child behind the problem!
Why did she hit her classmates? Because she can't effectively communicate with her classmates, or can't actively understand the meaning expressed by her classmates, and then choose such a simple and rude behavior, or it's her who is really bullied, but everyone sees her hands-on behavior...
As parents and parents of children with autism, when children have deviant behaviors, please patiently guide them to express their true thoughts, or fully understand the truth of the matter, do not blindly complain and blame children!
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Patients can be taken to the psychiatric department of the hospital, through the doctor to do a detailed psychological test, clarify the condition, according to the results of the examination, under the guidance of the doctor through the principle of intervention training and intervention training methods to improve.
In daily life, parents need to supervise patients to take care of themselves and actively reward patients to improve their daily lives, while also ensuring the safety of patients.
As a parent of a child, please do not run away, do not feel ashamed, and be ashamed to ask for help, after all, from a congenital point of view, ta does not have any choice!
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