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Autism. At various stages of age, suspicion, diagnosis. Here's what to do. Quotidiano Medicina 30/3/17. Let's try to unravel the plot of autism from the moment it forms, almost certainly already in the mother's womb, but above all when the child begins to look at the mother and the world around him. The thesis of some scholars from the University of Trento is interesting, according to which the risk of autism can be read in the eyes of even the newborn child, for example by monitoring and analyzing the movement of the eyes and their attention to visual stimuli. What judgment should be expressed? Is it possible? .... Autism in its initial phase, when a diagnosis cannot even be made, but there is a risk, a first warning, for example within the first year. What must emerge that is detectable? .... In the 1st year, the poverty of contact with the child, the still inadequate attention, the difficulty in attracting attention, make a precise diagnosis difficult. Between the 1st and 2nd year of life is the phase of suspicion..... The risk of autism in Italy is increasing. It has gone from 1 child in 1000 in 2001 to seven in a thousand (that is 1 in 180) in 2011. A lack of diagnosis is very serious, a delayed diagnosis is serious. And in any case, the confirmation of the diagnosis must be done within the third year of life. What is detected at that age and why can we still intervene?..... We are at school age, with the critical issues related to integration in a small social context such as that of the class. What happens?..... The needs of families with an autistic child increase in adolescence, whose conflicts and disorders are basically those of all adolescents. How do we intervene, what to do at that age?..... Autism is a condition that lasts a lifetime and does not transform into anything else. The adult has grown up but his problem of sociability and autonomy remains. Who is and what does the autistic adult do?.....(continued) (open the video) Focus with Dr. Claudia Isone, Child Neuropsychiatrist, Health Director of Irfri, of the Forte Group