The moment you come across the word atypical it will be difficult for you to clearly spell out the correct meaning. In fact, medical world has reserved this particular word to denote to the condition that gives a set of symptoms but doesn t really relate to the assumed medical condition thus leading to hypothetical assumptions. Confused? Yes that is exactly what an atypical autism is.
PDD-NOS
The accepted or the officially announced symptoms of Atypical autism is Pervasive Development Disorder (PDD) or Not Otherwise Specified (NOS) but the symptoms doesn’t ?meet the fullest requirement for any Atypical autism diagnosis. Autism is a neurological disorder and the atypical autism is a subset of PDD ?or NOS. Further, it is difficult to see two people with atypical autism have same symptoms with same level.
There will always be variation in the set of symptoms and the degree of impairment and the common symptoms can be broadly classified into three categories namely social behaviour impairment, language development impairment and creative or imaginative impairment. The occasional fourth symptom could be dysfunctional sensory integration and many atypical autism afflicted person will have the above-mentioned four traits in common however, in various degrees of severity.
Social behaviour impairment denotes normally to the inability of the person to socialise and such person will always be in solitude and seemingly uninterested in making friends. They also respond with irrelevant, or inappropriate or no answer for the questions. ? Persons afflicted by atypical autism show difficulties in understanding non-verbal communications and are normally interested in academic topics rather than talking about other persons.
Creative or Imaginative impairment denotes to poor understanding of sign language and they will insist for clearer literal language. They will be in need of elaborate explaining, as they are very slow in recognising and understanding things. Dysfunction in sensory integration denotes to strange preference to unusual colours and designs of dress materials, failure to correctly recognise sensory information and exhibition of frequent repetitive movements for self-stimulation with improper coordination.
If you can see a person with all the above-mentioned traits or symptoms, then the person might have been afflicted by one of the conditions found on the autistic spectrum. ? However, if the person fail to show other symptoms of autism then you can expect a diagnosis of atypical autism in that person.
What could be the Possible and Effective Treatment
In the case of atypical autism the treatment can be a symptomatic one meaning it is treated symptom by symptom. As there is no specific cure, focussing your treatment to cure the particular symptom can be of great help and improvement.
Some person with atypical autism can be treated with one-on-one therapy continuously for many hours a week, while other persons show marked improvement if treated in a homogenous group. ? The effectiveness of the treatment depends on the in built trust that comes with understanding the condition and hence few persons respond well in solitary treatment and others respond well in a group.
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