University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Adv Exp Med Biol. 2012;724:51-60. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0653-2_4.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder affecting in US 1 in 110 individuals.(1) As increasingly younger children are receiving ASD diagnoses, many pediatricians are now faced with the unique needs of parents and other caregivers of newly diagnosed toddlers and young children. This chapter provides an overview of ASD designed to offer information and resources to pediatricians that could, in turn, be provided to families of children newly diagnosed with ASD.
自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)是一种神经发育障碍,影响美国每 110 个人中就有 1 人。(1)随着越来越年幼的儿童被诊断出患有 ASD,许多儿科医生现在面临着新诊断出的幼儿和儿童的父母和其他照顾者的独特需求。本章概述了 ASD,旨在为儿科医生提供信息和资源,这些信息和资源反过来又可以提供给新诊断出 ASD 的儿童的家庭。