Incidence of Autista spectrum disorder – ASD

Abstract

People with disabilities have long-term limitations that may obstruct and / or hinder their integration into society. Among the many existing deficiencies is Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), which is a neurological disorder characterized by impaired communication, social interaction, and behavioral change. In this sense, the present work proposes to show the percentage of children and adolescents enrolled in the school system in the city of Paulo Afonso-Ba, in kindergarten, elementary I and II, diagnosed with ASD, besides knowing the history, the diagnosis and the treatment of autism. To this end, a bibliographic search was performed with searches in the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) databases, in the CAPES Journal Portal and Google Scholar, using the keywords: autism, ASD, autistic, and search in the Diagnostic Manual and Statistical Analysis of Mental Disorders - DSM V (2013). Then a descriptive analysis of the collected data was performed. However, according to research it is observed that the incidence of autism cases has increased significantly during the last decades.