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It's relative. It depends on your opinion about what constitutes a high rate. The vast majority of people do not have autism or Asperger's Syndrome. It occurs in less than 1% of the population. There is a higher rate of cerebral palsy, but a lower rate of multiple sclerosis.
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Is there a high rate of Aspergers Syndrome among engineers?
ANYONE can have Asperger's Syndrome.
What percentage of people have aspergers?
At the moment it's quite difficult to say as scientist yet don't know all about aspergers and autism. Also, many Experts, Scientists, Psychologists Psychiatrists etc. will believe that there are more persons with aspergers than diagnosed with it, so this also would effect the percentages.
Is there a high rate of autism and Asperger's Syndrome among the Quakers?
I was just wondering the same thing. It would be wise for someone to research them as a variable for enviromental and medical factors linking to these conditions.
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!
The high death rate of children in orphanages that Harlow investigated was called?
Marasmus Syndrome
What is a dangerous heart rate for a resting 3 year?
If the child has a high heart rate then check for white parkinsons wolf syndrome
What is the survival rate of turner syndrome?
About the normal rate.
What are the chances of being born with autism?
I think it is about 1 in every 150 kids. however, it is more common in males, but i am not sure why. It is FOUR times more likely in males, however Autism affects people of ALL racial, ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds. Luckily the amount of child with autism has gone down. It use to be 1 in 150 but, now it's 1 in 110. Not much of a difference but, it counts.
What causes elevated liver enzymes during pregnancy?
HELLP syndrome is a condition during pregnancy that includes elevated liver enzymes.
What are the concordance rate in twins for autism?
for identical its 6% for sepret its 10%
What is the fatality rate of Reye Syndrome?
The death rate from the disease used to be as high as 50-60%. Better, faster methods of diagnosis have allowed earlier identification of the disorder, allowing the death rate to drop to 30-35%.
How many people in the UK have autistic spectrum disorder?
Estimates vary from 1 in 100 up to 1 in 60. The rate a generation ago was less than 1 in 5000. With an estimate of 1 in 100, that works out to there probably being over 200,000 children with autism in the UK at present, with numbers rising.
