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>>> ON AVERAGE AUTISM IS
DIAGNOSED AT AROUND FOUR YEARS
OLD.
OLD.
OLD. DOCTOR'S SAY PARENTS CAN SPOT
SIGNS AT TWO YEARS OLD.
WHAT IS IT AND WHY DOES IT SEEM
TO HAPPEN A FEW YEARS AFTER A
CHILD IS BORN WESTMARK DR
TARNOW IS HERE TO ANSWER THOSE
QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS. WELCOME TO GREAT DAY.
GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING. WE ARE HEARING MORE AND MORE
ABOUT AUTISM.
ABOUT AUTISM. LET'S EXPLAIN WHAT IS IT AND
FOR SOME OF THE CONFUSION IS
HOW IT PRESENTS ITSELF IN
VARIOUS PEOPLE.
VARIOUS PEOPLE. >> ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT
AUTISM, IT IS VERY DIFFERENT IN
EACH PERSON AND THAT IS WHAT
SOMETIMES MAKES IT HARD TO MAKE
A DIAGNOSIS.
A DIAGNOSIS. THE FOCUS IS ON THE SOCIAL
RELATIONSHIPS SO AROUND TWO
YEARS OLD IS WHEN CHILDREN ARE
EXPECTED TO TALK, HOW SOCIAL
RELATIONSHIPS AND UNDERSTAND
INTERACTION AND FOR THESE
CHILDREN IT IS VERY DIFFICULT
AND MOST OF THEM AT 2 THEY ARE
NOT TALKING OR USING WORDS OR
MAKING EYE CONTACT AND IT SEEMS
TO BE A BIG CHANGE IN THEIR
DEVELOPMENT.>> WHAT IS
HAPPEING IN THE BRAIN WHEN
THAT HAPPENS?>> WE ARE
UNDERSTANDING THE BRAIN-THIS IS
A NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER SO THE
BRAIN IS DIFFERENT IN CHILDREN
WITH AUTISM AND ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE HAVE FOUND IN
OUR RESEARCH STUDY IS THAT
CHILDREN HAVE THESE ABNORMAL
RHYTHMS IN THEIR BRAIN, THEY
HAVE THESE SPIKES AND WAVES
WHICH ARE PRECURSORS FOR
SEIZURES AND I THINK, THAT THAT
IS WHAT IS DISRUPTING THEIR
DEVELOPMENT THESE ABNORMALITIES
IN THE BRAIN AND THE FIRING IN
THE BRAIN WHICH DISRUPTS
DEVELOPMENT.
DEVELOPMENT. >> IT IS RELATED TO ADHD AND
ADD WE SEE THAT SAME THING.
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> I HEAR SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY
IT IS ASKED BURGERS OR ON THE
SPECTRUM.>> WHAT WE DID IS ABOUT
YEARS AGO WE CHANGED THE
DIAGNOSIS OF AUTISM TO BE FOUR
DIFFERENT CATEGORIES AND
AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDER IS A
BROAD ONE AND SOME PEOPLE ARE
DIAGNOSED WITH PDD WHICH IS
PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY
AND THEY HAVE MULTIPLE DELAYS
IN THEIR DEVELOPMENTAL LIFE AND
SOME PEOPLE HAVE CLASSIC AUTISM
WHICH IS LACK OF SPEECH
DIFFICULTY IN HAVING SOCIAL
RELATIONSHIPS AND THEY HAVE A
LOT OF MANNERISMS-
>> LIKE HE WOULD SAY HE WOULD
GET THE PAPER AND TEAR OR
REPEATING CERTAIN WORDS OVER
AND OVER.
AND OVER.
AND OVER. WHEN IT COMES TO CAUSES ONE OF
THE THINGS OVER THE LAST FEW
YEARS THERE HAS BEEN A BIG
DEBATE WAS THE IDEA THAT
SOMEHOW VACCINATIONS CAUSE IT.
THAT REALLY IS SHAKEN DOWN TO
IT IS A COINCIDENCE THAT
CHILDREN'S PRESENT AROUND TWO
YEARS OLD AND THAT IS WHEN
THEY'RE GETTING THEIR OTHER
SERIES.>> THEY GET THERE
INJECTIONS AND VACCINATIONS AND
PARENTS NOTICE THE CHANGES IN
PERSONALITY AND THEY ASSOCIATED
WITH THE VACCINATION.
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY WRONG AND
WHAT IS WEIRD ABOUT IT IS THE
PERSON WHO DID THAT RESEARCH
WAS FRAUDULENT AND CHANGED THE
DATA TO PROVE THAT.
THAT WAS DONE IN ENGLAND AND
THAT IS NOW VERY CLEAR.
NO OTHER STUDY HAS SHOWN THAT
THE VACCINATIONS ARE REALLY
BECAUSE OF AUTISM.
THIS IS A DISEASE THAT JUST
COMES OUT WHEN A PERSON IS
EXPECTED TO HAVE SOCIAL
RELATIONSHIPS.
RELATIONSHIPS. >> WHILE THERE IS NOT ANYONE
CAUSE THERE ARE SOME THINGS
THAT ARE RELATIVE TO ANOTHER
SIBLING WITH AUTISM, OLDER
PARENTS, CERTAIN GENETIC
CONDITIONS?
CONDITIONS? THERE ARE GENETIC CONDITIONS
LIKE, WELL, WE HAVE THE GENETIC
PIECES OF IT AND THINGS LIKE
DOWN SYNDROME, AND THE OTHER IS
THE EARLY CHILDHOOD IN TERMS OF
PREMATURITY SO CHILDREN WHO ARE
VERY PREMATURE HAVE A HIGHER
INCIDENCE IN TERMS OF THEIR
DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESS BECAUSE
OF THAT PREMATURITY.
>> HOW DO WE DETERMINE A
DIAGNOSIS?
DIAGNOSIS? EVERY PARENT OF A CHILD WITH
AUTISM THEY WILL SAY WHAT THEY
SUSPECT AND IT HAS TAKEN A WHILE
BEFORE AN ACTUAL DIAGNOSIS AND
IN SOME CASES MISDIAGNOSED.
A LOT OF PEDIATRICIANS WHEN
THEY SEE A CHILD COMING IN AND
NOT SPEECH AND THEY WILL
HESITATE TO MAKE THE DIAGNOSIS
BECAUSE OF THE CONCERN OF THE
SEVERITY.
SEVERITY.
SEVERITY. >> AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A
PEDIATRICIAN AND A
PSYCHIATRIST.>> THE PEDIATRICIAN
IS THE FIRST TO SAY THERE MAY
BE SOMETHING WRONG AND THEN
WHAT WE DO IS MAKE A VERY
COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION.
COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION. WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY
WHAT LEVEL THEY ARE DEVELOPING
AND WHAT ARE THE THINGS THEY
CAN DO AND CAN'T DO AND FROM
THAT WE MAKE A COMPREHENSIVE
DIAGNOSIS OF THEIR
FUNCTIONALITY.
FUNCTIONALITY. THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART
OF THIS.
OF THIS.
OF THIS. >> WHEN WE COME BACK, WE WANT
TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT
CAME OUT IN THE WALL STREET
JOURNAL BECAUSE FOR THE LONGEST
TIME WE SAID THERE IS NO CURE
IN THIS ARTICLE SAID IS THERE,
IS THAT NECESSARILY THE CASE IS
THAT THE FACT THAT SOME KIDS
MIGHT SEEM TO GROW OUT OF IT
AND OTHERS MAY HAVE BEEN
MISDIAGNOSED.
MISDIAGNOSED. AND THE OTHER THING IS CBD OIL.
WE HAVE HEARD THAT IS THE CURE
ALL FOR EVERYTHING.
THEY ARE HAVING PARTIES LIKE A
TUPPERWARE PARTY.
TUPPERWARE PARTY. I WENT TO GET YOUR TAKE ON THAT
BECAUSE THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS
THAT SHOULD NOT BE EXPOSED TO
THE AUTISTIC