{"id":1225,"date":"2014-04-07T10:00:27","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T10:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cells4life.com\/2014\/04\/world-autism-awareness-month\/"},"modified":"2018-05-08T13:46:33","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T13:46:33","slug":"world-autism-awareness-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cells4life.com\/us\/2014\/04\/world-autism-awareness-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Autism Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Autism<\/a> is a developmental condition which affects around 500,000 people in the UK, it affects the way that people communicate and the way they understand the world around them. Autism is a spectrum disorder, this means that many people will share many of the same issues and difficulties because of autism but overall, autism will affect them all differently. Because of the spectrum nature of autism, it can be difficult for others to understand. \u00a0For example one person with autism may appear to lead a \u201cnormal\u201d life with qualifications and steady job while another may need lifelong support but both have the same condition, just variations of it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

There is no cure or medical treatment for autism; however, there are a range of therapies to help autistic people. Such therapies are often called interventions and can include teaching autistic people makaton to help them communicate more effectively. Interventions are designed to focus on a specific area which could be improved with development such as cognitive skills, communication skills, academic skills and even social interaction skills.<\/p>\n

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\"Cells4Life,While autistic people may not be on any medication to directly treat their autism, they may be on medication to treat conditions associated with it. \u00a0These illnesses can include depression, epilepsy, ADHD and sleep disorders.
\nThe cause of autism is still unknown but researchers believe that defective connections in the brain may be at fault. \u00a0In some children with autism, the development and operation on the nervous system may have been affected by a dysfunctional immune system. \u00a0Studies have shown that anti-inflammatories and steroids have some promise in helping to relieve the symptoms of autism.[1]<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Research has also shown that the stem cells found in an infant\u2019s umbilical cord blood can help to regulate the immune system and promote neurological repair.[1]<\/sup> There are currently 4 clinical trials investigating the application of cord blood in relation to autism. One of these studies is investigating whether the reinfusion of a child\u2019s umbilical cord blood could adapt the child\u2019s nervous system and help with language and behaviours.[2]<\/sup><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

[1]<\/sup> http:\/\/www.cordblood.com\/stem-cell-research\/cord-blood-research\/autism<\/a><\/p>\n

[2]<\/sup> http:\/\/www.clinicaltrials.gov\/ct2\/show\/NCT01638819?term=cord+blood+autism&rank=1<\/a><\/p>\n

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Autism is a developmental condition which affects around 500,000 people in the UK, it affects the way that people communicate and the way they understand the world around them. Autism is a spectrum disorder, this means that many people will share many of the same issues and difficulties because of autism but overall, autism will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cells4life.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cells4life.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cells4life.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cells4life.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cells4life.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1225"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cells4life.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11526,"href":"https:\/\/cells4life.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225\/revisions\/11526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cells4life.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cells4life.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cells4life.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}