autism Definition
☆ au·tism (ô′tiz′əm)
noun
Psychol. a developmental disorder characterized variously by impaired social interaction, difficulties in communicating, problems with seeing and hearing, repetitive behavior, etc.
Etymology: aut(o)- + -ism
autism Related Forms
au·tis·tic (ô tis′tik) adjective
autism Usage Examples
Converse of subject
affect: There are 500,000 families across the UK affected by autism.
Converse of object
- diagnose: Research in Sweden shows that the number of cases of Autism diagnosed did not rise after the introduction of the MMR vaccine.
- cause: No known factors in the psychological environment of a child have been shown to cause autism.
- function: The specific needs of pupils with Asperger syndrome and high functioning autism will be addressed.
- suggest: In the most extreme circumstances, he suggests, autism may arise because a child receives almost nothing by way of sensitive care.
- include: They work with children with severe or complex physical or learning disabilities, including autism.
Adjective modifier
- regressive: The Committee agreed that this data from Dr. Fombonne was persuasive and indicated that the frequency of regressive autism appeared not to have increased.
- infantile: The majority in fact, displayed Kanner's ( 1943 ) key features of early infantile autism.
- atypical: Provisional diagnosis was made at 3.5 years in 1985 but 3.0 years by 1995 for childhood and atypical autism.
- severe: The system was developed for teaching children suffering from severe autism who had extreme short term memory problems.
- mild: One of whom was diagnosed with mild autism at the age of 4 years old.
- classic: There are also some families with a history of children with AS and classic Autism.
Modifies a noun
- spectrum: Health visitors advise on ASD Our recent pieces on autism spectrum disorders have generated much response.
- disorder: Health visitors advise on ASD Our recent pieces on autism spectrum disorders have generated much response.
- awareness: Time to do something about Autism Awareness & I needed the money to build an independent living accomodation for my dd.
- therapist: PEAT - Parents ' Education as Autism Therapists wants funding for the Applied Behavior Analysis ( ABA ) approach to educating autistic children.
- gene: The study applied genetic linkage and association techniques in an attempt to identify a possible autism susceptibility gene within this region.
- charity: We are a 100 % non profit making organization and all proceeds will go to various UK Autism Charities and Organizations.
Noun used with modifier
- functioning: In the past ' they ' called it high functioning autism.
- childhood: Autism In Uk: Childhood Autism More Widespread Than Previously.. .
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