On April 2, World Autism Awareness Day is celebrated on April 2 (World Autism Awareness Day). The purpose of this date is to emphasize the need to help people suffering from an incurable disease and increase their level of their lives. After all, the number of children suffering from autism is high in all regions of the world and has great consequences for children, their families, communities and societies.
Head of the Center for Mental Health of the Ministry of Health Professor Fuad Ismailov spoke in an interview on how to diagnose the autistic spectrum disorders.
On the question, which is a characteristic feature of the specified syndrome, Ismailov said that “the disorders of the autistic spectrum (races) are comprehensive impaired mental development, which are characterized by social disadaptation and inability to social interaction, communication and stereotype of behavior (multiple repetitions of monotonous actions ). Typically, the first symptoms of the races are noticeable in early childhood. A child with autism is immersed in the world of his own experiences, fenced off from the surrounding world, does not seek or transfers interpersonal contacts. In addition, persons with the disorders of the autistic spectrum avoid social contacts, with difficulty understand others People and express their emotions. At the same time, symptoms may not fully appear. Children with autism need early correctional classes aimed at developing their cognitive sphere, speech, thin motility. “
When asked, how many children in Azerbaijan with autism, Professor stated: “According to the report for 2020, there were 1383 children with autism and 46 in the country with an atypical form of autism (a variety of autistic spectrum disorders with atypical manifestations). In addition, for the reporting period, the number of children with autism aged 0-13 years, who applied for help for the first time, amounted to 367 people. At the end of 2020, the number of children with atypical autism was 10 people. “