World Autism Awareness Day
According to the WHO, one in 160 children has an autism spectrum disorder.
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By: Caroline Paré Follow
2 min
Autism can be characterized in particular by learning difficulties, as well as a lack of social interaction.
What do we know about the origin of this handicap?
What types of support exist?
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On the occasion of World Autism Awareness Day, which took place on April 2, we take stock of this developmental disorder, also referred to as autism spectrum disorder.
According to the WHO, one in 160 children is affected.
With:
Dr Christophe Recasens
, psychiatrist, head of the autism spectrum disorders assessment unit, at the intercommunal hospital of Créteil, in the Paris region.
Psychiatrist in a medico-educational institute (IME)
Mathieu Beaulieu, with
Asperger's autism.
Author of the book “C'est histoire d'un Asperger” published by MB (self-published)
Dr Awa Dièye,
child psychiatrist and head of the child psychiatry department at Diamniadio Children's Hospital, Senegal.
Doctoral researcher at ULB and UCAD.
At the end of the program, we find the nutrition column of
Stéphane Besançon
, nutritionist and director of the NGO Santé Diabète in Bamako, Mali.
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