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Autism

A medical illness with a strikingly high percentage of occurrence and people did not understand it well is Autism. In the US, 1 in every 54 children is likely to develop autism, among which occurrence of autism in boys is four times higher than in girls. It can mostly get diagnosed as early as age 2, but most of the children get diagnosed after age 4. Autism can be observed in all kinds of ethnic groups. If this illness is diagnosed on time, parents and caretakers have more opportunities to improve the healthy options and deliver better health plans throughout the child's lifespan. However, diagnosis of autism is difficult, but behavior observation and observing development help the doctor diagnose autism.

The reason why it gets late-diagnosed is that people did not recognize the symptoms. It has been observed that children who have autism have difficulty communicating with others. Such children avoid eye contact, show minimal interest in certain topics, or get intense in some topics. They do not want to be cuddled or like to be held, express, or have high sensitivity to sound, touches, light smell, etc. Children with autism also experience seizures which do not start until adolescence. Moreover, there is a different spectrum of autism that defines what type of autism a child has. (Bhandari, 2019).

Now that more people are aware of this illness, the treatment process is improving, and people are now able to quickly adapt to changes they have to make to make autistic children comfortable. It is becoming a worrisome question that why autism occurs, and so far, the only answer is that there are some stem problems in the brain that lead to autism in children. Moreover, it has been seen that older people who conceive late, their children have higher chances of autism. (Wright, 2017).