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Autism - ANSWERS✔✔Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and autism are both
general terms for a group of complex disorders of brain development
-includes autistic disorder, Asperger's disorder, childhood disintegrative disorder,
pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS)
-DOES NOT include Rett syndrome, as previously thought
Characteristics of ASD - ANSWERS✔✔-difficulties in social interaction, verbal
and nonverbal communication and repetitive behaviors
-can be associated with ID, difficulties in motor coordination and attention,
physical health issues such as sleep and gastrointestinal disturbances
-some excel in visual skills, music, math and art
Risks and Causes of Autism - ANSWERS✔✔-rare gene changes, or mutations,
associated with autism (a small number of these are sufficient to cause autism by
themselves)
-most cases caused by a combination of autism risk genes and environmental
factors influencing early brain development
-in the presence of a genetic predisposition to autism, a number of environmental
stresses are linked with increased risk
Risk factors before and during birth: - ANSWERS✔✔-advanced parental age at
time of conception
-maternal illness (fever) during pregnancy
-maternal antibodies in blood that interfere with prenatal brain development (helps
explain sex disparity; male mice showed structural changes with antibody)
-ASD is more prevalent in boys
, -difficulties during birth, particularly those involving periods of oxygen
deprivation to the baby's brain
-prematurity (>10 wks prematurity linked to weakness in brain connections that are
important for attention, communication, and processing emotions)
-in combination with genetic risk factors, environmental factors appear to increase
risk
Research to support woman can reduce risk by taking prenatal vitamins containing
folic acid during the months before and after conception - ANSWERS✔✔-folic
acid plays a roll in spina bifida (or neural tube defects) as well
What lead to the disassociation between vaccines and ASD? - ANSWERS✔✔-
hundreds of thousands of data showing NO LINK (as compared to Wakefield
small amount of fabricated data)
-thimerosal removed from vaccines in 1999
-incidence still rising despite lower vaccination rates and removal of thimerosal
What are some of the reasons why millennials consider not vaccinating themselves
& their families? - ANSWERS✔✔-this generation has not seen vaccine
preventable devastation
-distrust of the medical field
There is more mercury in a few servings of fish than the flu shot (approximately) -
ANSWERS✔✔True
Non-vaxxer activists are typically not members of the medical community, but
often have the loudest voice - ANSWERS✔✔True
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