Question

Topic: ASD

1.   How would you describe the cause of Autism to a patient?

2.   Describe how autism is diagnosed if you were talking to a patient

3.   List and explain how autism affects the exercise response

4.   List and explain how exercise affects autism

5.   List any pharmaceutical indications and how they affect the exercise response

Answer 1

1. The cause of autism is not identified yet but it is generally accepted as the abnormalities in the structure or function of brain. The shape of the brain will be diffrent from each other.

2. Austism can only be diagnosed with developmental history of the patient and the use of blood test and medical examination, this abnormality cannit be found in the young age. The autism can be identified in the month of 18 or younger.

3. The autism decreases the excercise responses and thus the property of the muscle is affected and thwre will be a disuse of muscle and the muscle goes for weakness and the joints goes for tightness because of lack of movements.

4. The exercise increases the property of muscle and other supporting structured which provides balance, body cordination, visual motor control and other mobility skills.

5. antipsychotic drugs such as risperidone and aripripazole. These drugs reduces the behaviour and also helps to promote the physical activity by reducing the psychatric conditions. Thus increases the excercise response.