Proceedings of the 2022 6th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2022)

Introduction to Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs): Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors, Treatments

Authors
Jingran Ye1, *
1University College London, London, UK
*Corresponding author. Email: zcbtyex@ucl.ac.uk
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Jingran Ye
Available Online 29 December 2022.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-31-2_52How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Autism; Adverse Childhood Experiences; Socioeconomic Status; Sleep; Therapies
Abstract

Nowadays, autism has received extensive attention from society. The aim of this review is to summarize some common genetic and environmental risk factors that lead to autism, as well as the following effective psychotherapy for autism. Autism is a heterogeneous disorder with high heritability. Vitamin D deficiency during the gestation period increases the risk of autism in children. Meanwhile, other environmental risk factors including adverse childhood experiences, family socioeconomic status, parental and maternal age, prenatal drug uptake during pregnancy, and sleep problems (such as sleep onset delay, and night waking) lead to an increased risk of autism or more severe autism symptoms. At the same time, several intervention therapies have been reported such as neurofeedback training and speech therapy, applying zonisamide, musical therapies, and dolphin-assisted therapy. These treatments can effectively relieve autism symptoms.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2022 6th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
29 December 2022
ISBN
10.2991/978-2-494069-31-2_52
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-31-2_52How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2022 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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