Signs of autism in adults

The article was written by Master, Doctor Quach Thuy Minh - Pediatric Psychiatrist - High-Tech Unit for Treatment of Cerebral Palsy and Autism - Vinmec Times City International Hospital.

Sometimes your loved ones have unusual expressions in communication, behavior, or even in life... You blame them because they don't sympathize with you. notice and talk to you again. Take care of them more because it is possible that your loved one is showing signs of autism in adults.

1. What is Autism in Adults?

Autism in adults is understood as a complex disorder of the nervous system, affecting brain activity. This causes the patient to show impairments in human relationships, along with many difficulties in communication skills, interests, and controlling actions and thoughts.
Autism encompasses a wide range of symptoms, behaviors and levels of impairment, ranging from minor disabilities that cause limitations in daily living to debilitating manifestations. serious and requires medical attention.

2. Signs of autism in adults

Depending on the individual as well as the severity of the disease, the manifestations of autism are not the same. However, all people with autism share some key signs as follows:
For relationships around, the signs of autism in young people are as follows:
People with autism meet problems while developing social skills, namely their lack of expression, and their unnatural body posture. They are not able to establish friendships and flowers with their peers. People with autism have difficulty in caring for, sharing, or enjoying the benefits and achievements gained with others. Lack of empathy for anyone. People with autism may have difficulty understanding and sharing other people's feelings, such as heartbreak or sadness. Manifestations in work and communication, signs of autism may include:
People with autism may be slow to learn, study poorly or talk less. Up to 40% of people with autism will never talk. They find it difficult to initiate a conversation on their own, and it is difficult for people with autism to continue a conversation after having started a conversation with the other person. They are often stereotyped machines and often repeat the use of language. People with autism will often repeat a word or phrase that they have heard before. They often have difficulty understanding the full meaning of hidden statements that others say. For example, a person with autism may not understand that someone is trying to appear cheerful or humorous.

In the behavior of people with autism, there are specific signs that include:
People with autism only focus on a specific part of familiar objects, such as a wheel on one vehicle, instead of focusing entirely on that vehicle. They show interest and concern about a certain topic. For example, they may be fascinated by video games, or the card business... mechanically stereotypes behavior.

3. New findings on autism in adults

There are some people with autism who have not been discovered since childhood, although autism is a brain dysfunction that has existed before the patient's 3 years of age.
Because the specific signs of autism in adults vary widely: from very mild, to moderate, or very severe, mild forms often present with adolescents having difficulty learning knowledge, often bullied by you and difficult to adapt to the changes encountered in the family and in society.
There are about 20% of autism cases in adults with normal intelligence, they have the ability to speak and learn. However, the voice of autistic people is often monotonous, like a foreigner learning to speak Vietnamese. They often have a lot of difficulty in handling social relationships, they often have very few friends and are especially not social.
The remaining 80% of adults with autism have mental retardation, epilepsy, or depression, or obsessive-compulsive disorder, the diagnosis of the condition now will be more complicated

4. Treatment of autism in adults

Autism is a disorder that persists for almost a lifetime and is very difficult to treat, even when detected early, in the case of adults, it is much more difficult to treat. The patient's family plays a very important role in supporting treatment.
Learn about autism treatment methods in adults with the advice of Doctor Quach Thuy Minh, High-Tech Treatment Unit for Autistic Cerebral Palsy, Vinmec Times City International General Hospital at:
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Above are common signs of autism in adults. If you have any questions or concerns, you can go directly to Vinmec International General Hospital, we are always ready and give you complete and accurate advice. Wishing you all good health.