The main objective in the treatment of autistic children is to reduce deficits and associated family distress, and increasing quality of life and functional independence. No single treatment is best and treatment is usually tailored to the needs of the child. Family and education are the primary means of treatment. intervention studies have methodological problems that prevent definitive conclusions on efficacy. Although many psychosocial interventions have some positive signs, suggesting that some forms of treatment is better than no treatment, the methodological quality of systematic reviews of these studies was generally low, their clinical results are to most tentative, and there is little evidence of the relative effectiveness of treatment options.
intensive, sustained special education programs and behavior therapy early in life can help children develop independence, social skills and academic , and often function better and reduce severity of symptoms and maladaptive behaviors says that the intervention of approximately three years are critical years, are not documented. available approaches include applied behavior analysis (ABA), development models, structured teaching, speech therapy, social skills therapy and occupational therapy.
Education interventions can be effective to varying degrees in most children: intensive ABA treatment was effective in improving the overall functioning in preschool children and is stabilized to improve mental performance in young children. Neuropsychological reports are often poorly designed for teachers, when the gap between what the report recommends, and what kind of training is provided. It is not known whether treatment programs for children will lead to significant improvements when the children grow up, and the limited research funding, the effectiveness of adult residential programs shows mixed results. Appropriate to include children with different severity of autistic spectrum disorders in the general education of the population is currently a debate among teachers and researchers.
Many of the medications used to treat ASD symptoms that interfere with the integration of the child comes home from school, or when behavioral treatment fails. More than half of American children diagnosed with ASD are prescribed psychoactive drugs or anticonvulsants, with the most common classes of drugs are depressants, stimulants, and antipsychotics. In addition to antipsychotics, is little reliable research about the efficacy or safety of drug treatment for youth and adults with ASD. person in the ASD may respond on an atypical drug, the drug may have adverse effects, , it is not known medication to relieve the core symptoms of autism, communication deficits and social skills. Studies in mice have slipped into, or reduce some symptoms of autism, replacing or modulating the function of the gene, suggesting the possibility of rare mutations point to specific treatments that are known to cause autism .
Although many alternative therapies and interventions are available, some supported by scientific studies. treatment has little empirical support in quality of life contexts, and many programs focus on success measures that lack predictive validity and relevance in the real world. Scientific evidence appears to be less important to service providers than program marketing, training availability and demands of parents. Some alternative treatments may place the child in danger. A 2008 study showed that compared to their peers, boys with autism have thinner bones, so significant in the casein-free diet [142] in 2005, botched chelation therapy killed a five year old child with autism .
The treatment is expensive, so are the indirect costs. If someone was born in 2000 in the U.S. study estimated the average cost of living of $ 3.77 million (present value in 2011 dollars, inflation-adjusted 2003 estimate), by about 10% of medical care, 30% of higher education and the care of others, and 60% loss of economic productivity. public support programs are often inadequate or inappropriate for a particular child, and not yet reimbursed out-of-pocket medical or therapy expenses are associated with the likelihood of family financial problems, A 2008 study of United States found 14% of the average loss of annual income for families with ASD children, and related research, it was found that the ASD with a greater likelihood that the problems of child care parents greatly affect employment '. U.S. states increasingly require services of private health insurance cover autism, shifting the cost of training programs financed by public funds privately funded health insurance. When the key management issues of children in institutional care, vocational training and placement, sexuality, social skills, and estate planning
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