CAUSES AUTISM
The cause of autism has not been determined yet. But it can be said with certainty that autism is not caused by the bad things parents do to their children.
Autism does not have a single cause. It is now known that there are many reasons.
Brain cells work differently in autistic individuals. It is thought that there is a deficiency or excess in chemical transmitters that carry messages between cells.
Some genetic diseases cause autism. Genetics has an important place among the causes of autism. Sibling and twin studies confirm this.
The risk of autism in the sibling of an autistic child is 50-100 times higher than in the general population. The rate of both being autistic in identical twins is higher than in fraternal twins. All these show us the effect of genetics, but it also brings us to the point that genetics is not the only reason.
If only genetics were effective, both babies of identical twins would always have to be autistic. Studies have shown that a disease-causing effect occurs as a result of the interaction of not a single gene, but multiple genes.
Behavioral variation in the clinical picture suggests that environmental factors are effective. No significant relationship was found between prenatal, natal and postnatal factors and autism.
The available findings show that children who are genetically predisposed to autism are at higher risk of having problems at birth.
It is also known that rubella virus passed in the womb can cause autism as well as many abnormalities.
Today, it is known with certainty that autism does not have a single cause, it is a complex condition that occurs with the combination of multiple factors.
Autism is seen 4 times more frequently in boys than in girls, but it is generally more severe in girls.
70% of autistic individuals have mental retardation. 30% of them are normal and 10% of this 30% have superior intelligence.
Intelligence level and other accompanying diseases play a decisive role on the severity of autism. The most common comorbidities are attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, mood disorders and epilepsy.
One out of every three children has an epileptic risk. The probability of epileptic seizures increases between the ages of 0-5 and in adolescence.
