Evolutionary Trajectories in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Magda Di Renzo; Federico Bianchi Di Castelbianco; Elena Vanadia; Massimiliano Petrillo; Monica Rea

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Evolutionary Trajectories in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Magda Di Renzo, Federico Bianchi Di Castelbianco, Elena Vanadia, Massimiliano Petrillo, Monica Rea

Published in American Journal of Pediatrics (Volume 8, Issue 1)

Received: 18 January 2022 Accepted: 11 February 2022 Published: 15 March 2022

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Abstract

Autism spectrum disorders are generally regarded as lifelong conditions, affecting communication, relationships, and adaptive skills. Studies on the developmental trajectories of people out of autism have found adequate adaptive social-communication skills, effective experiences of inclusion in regular education classrooms, normal intellective functioning, and an absence of typical autism symptomatology. It therefore seems plausible to start reading the ‘after autism’ psychopathological conditions in a continuum that features several possible clinical and non-clinical phenotypes. The present retrospective research aimed to examine the different developmental trajectories of 17 children with an original diagnosis of autism, evaluated in a follow-up approximately 5 years after the end of the therapy. The stability of the optimal outcomes is evidenced by the absence of clinical diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorder. However, some difficulties persisted in adaptive functioning, especially in the social domain, consistent with the dysfunctional core that characterized the clinical features of autism in childhood. Furthermore, many of the participants showed residual relational atypia, such as alterations in pragmatic communication, or a psycho-affective disorder, or specific developmental disorders. The presence of some residual atypia provides important food for thought, not only in orienting any therapy with which continue to support older children, but also for a greater understanding of the pathological core towards which has evolved the original diagnosis of autism.

Published in	American Journal of Pediatrics (Volume 8, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajp.20220801.17
Page(s)	30-35
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Autism Spectrum Disorders, Developmental Trajectories, Follow up, Adaptive Functioning, Atypia

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Magda Di Renzo, Federico Bianchi Di Castelbianco, Elena Vanadia, Massimiliano Petrillo, Monica Rea. Evolutionary Trajectories in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Am J Pediatr. 2022;8(1):30-35. doi: 10.11648/j.ajp.20220801.17

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Magda Di Renzo

Clinical Department, Institute of Ortofonologia (IdO), Rome, Italy
Federico Bianchi Di Castelbianco

Clinical Department, Institute of Ortofonologia (IdO), Rome, Italy
Elena Vanadia

Clinical Department, Institute of Ortofonologia (IdO), Rome, Italy
Massimiliano Petrillo

Clinical Department, Institute of Ortofonologia (IdO), Rome, Italy
Monica Rea

Clinical Department, Institute of Ortofonologia (IdO), Rome, Italy

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