Prevention in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Lifelong Focused Approach

Konstantinos Francis 1, Georgios Karantanos 2, Abdullah Al-Ozairi 3, Sulaiman AlKhadhari 3

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24 January 2021

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doi: 10.3390/brainsci11020151

Abstract

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex highly heritable disorder, in which multiple environmental factors interact with the genes to increase its risk and lead to variable clinical presentations and outcomes. Furthermore, the inherent fundamental deficits of ASD in social attention and interaction critically diverge children from the typical pathways of learning, "creating" what we perceive as autism syndrome during the first three years of life. Later in life, training and education, the presence and management of comorbidities, as well as social and vocational support throughout the lifespan, will define the quality of life and the adaptation of an individual with ASD. Given the overall burden of ASD, prevention strategies seem like a cost-effective endeavour that we have to explore. In this paper, we take a life course approach to prevention. We will review the possibilities of the management of risk factors from preconception until the perinatal period, that of early intervention in the first three years of life and that of effective training and support from childhood until adulthood.

Keywords: Autism Spectrum Disorder; early intervention; life course approach; prevention; risk factors.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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