The Aetiology of Autism

Review critically the key theoretical perspectives upon the aetiology of Autism.

Autism is a psychiatric disorder characterized by impairments in three domains: social interaction, communication, and dependant and repetitive behaviors and interests. (DSM-IV, 1994, p.75) The aetiology of Autism has eluded professionals in many different disciplines with its mottle and enigmatic nature. The question of what causes Autism is highly controversial. Even though Autism and autistic Spectrum Disorders have a biological basis currently, it is recognized as a developmental disorder and defined and diagnosed behaviorally as at that place is not yet a diagnostic biological agent for ASD. A problem with behavioral diagnoses is that behavior is extremely opalescent depending on ability, age of person, their surroundings and personality. In ASD, there is a spectrum of presentations, starting from the quiet and detached child with Autism and ending with the blabby and extremely friendly adult with Asperger?s Syndrome. Today, there be many studies (Joseph and Tager-Flusberg, 2004 and Amaral and Scmilitary personneln, 2006) that have demonstrated Autism has a neurological basis, and transmitted and other risk factors are currently being investigated.



This news report intends to review critically the different speculative viewpoints of the aetiology of Autism including neurophysiological, environmental, and transmitted by first mapping out a universal explanation of the brain and what areas are implicated as having any(prenominal) sort of abnormality and then investigating the various aetiologic theories of Autism before the age of three. For the purposes of this essay the author has chosen the definition of onset of Autism to be before the age of three as to stay within this paper?s theoretical scope.

The human brain is made of many move and frames and each piece has a different function; the collection is however, not inert. The parts of the brain are interdependent of each other and interactive as...

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