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in a word- Yes
profound autism is siply extremely severe autism. Cases of profound autism are usually highly complex and the individuals may exhibit severe self injurious behavior and are extremely delayed developmentally and have severe impairments in communication are non verbal and have very little to no communication. Individuals with profound autism need constant supervision and are behaviorally sensitive. with profound autism you see the extreme of all or most of the autistic behaviors.
simply put Profound autism is the most severe form of autism
-ASDogGeek ( I hope that helped)
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What Is and or are profound forms of autism?
I think autism only ranges between mild to severe. it doesn't have a profound form.im not suree abt it..coz i came here searching for the same question myself.
What caused the first case of autism in humans?
Autism is inborn. They haven't figure out what causes autism yet.
What is the same as cancer and autism?
Nothing is the same as cancer and autism, not even cancer and autism are the same. Some very offensive people liken autism to a disease such as cancer, this is ableist.
Are Classic autism and low functioning autism the same thing?
actually now classic autism, low functioning autism, aspergers, pdd, and pdd nos are all grouped with one label : autism spectrum disorders. but i think i know what you are trying to learn and i will explain the best i can. autism is comprised of three areas : social skills, verbal skills, and behavior. classic autism is diagnosed in a child/person who exhibits symptoms in all three areas. aspergers is sometimes called "little genious syndrome" because the children/adults with this are often quite bright and have a huge vocabulary and have shown very little if any delay in speech. pdd and pdd - nos (pervasive developmental disorder and pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified ) exhibit symptoms in some of the 3 areas but not enough to diagnose either classic autism or aspergers. that brief explination is a lot of why the new medical guide has lumped everything together into autism spectrum disorders. now back to your point.... low functioning or high functioning is not necessarily contingent upon the diagnosis of the "type" of autism (classic, aspergers, etc) but rather how severe the symptoms are for that individual. for example my son has classic autism if we are using the old terms... he is rather high functioning because his symptoms are not really severe. he does speak, though it is very far behind where he should be for his age, he does have some amount of social skills, again very delayed, and he does exhibit behaviors such as spinning, not making eye contact, lining things up, hand or arm flapping, but they are not constant throughout the entire day... so they are not extremely severe... hope that helps... Reply:- Thanks. That heped me loads. I know they've changed it now; but I still like to know how it was. It didn't make sense what classic autism was. Sometimes it seemed severe. Othertimes not. I didn't undrestand what type of autism I have. Thanks to your reply; I now think I have Classic Autism. ***glad i could help! my 5 year old bounces between classic autism and pdd depending on who you are talking to about him... :) we have gotten both diagnosis from 2 different doctors... that is pretty confusing! but at any rate i am really glad i could help you!
Is autistic the same as autism?
An Autistic is a person with Autism.
What is severe autism?
Rain Man from the same name movie has a severe autism.
What really was causing autism when the MMR shot controversy was taking place?
The exact same thing that has been causing autism at any other point in history. We don't know the full cause of autism, but primarily it's considered to be a genetic mutation either in one parent or both.
Why is Autism located in the brain?
Autism isn't located in the brain, autism is a type of brain. Autism is a neurological variation, we don't say that autism is in the brain in the same way that we don't say that African-American is in the skin.
Is childhood disintegrative disorder a form of autism?
Childhood Disintegrative Disorder (CDD) has several characteristics of autism involving developmental regression in communication and motor skills, but doesn't share the exact same framework of autism. CDD represents a much more drastic loss of skills, and occurs at an older age than autism. Classic autism typically occurs between 15-30 months of age, when kids learn to speak, walk, and eat with utensils. CDD typically doesn't occur until 3-4 years of age, thus affected kids may have been toilet trained, and learned everything they should up to that age, and then their developmental trajectories suddenly stop and reverse cycle, going all the way back to infantilism;diapers, nonveral, etc. CDD is much more related to profound mental retardation than typical autism. It's also much less common than autism. Autism affects about 1 in 150 children, and CDD affects about 1 in 100,000 children.
What do the eyes of a person with autism look like?
The eyes of a person with autism look the same as the eyes of other people.
Does a child with autism and a child with mongoloid have the same features?
no.
Do you capitalize disorders such as autism?
Yes, you capitalize autism when you are talking about Autistic people or Autistic communities - the same as you would with deaf verses Deaf person. Autism is an identity, capitalizing recognizes that.
