World Autism Awareness Day is an internationally acknowledge day on April 2 every year, cheering Member States of the United Nations to take remedies to raise awareness about people with Autism Spectrum Disorder throughout the world. It was named by the United Nations General Assembly resolution “62/139. World Autism Awareness Day”, passed in council on November 1, 2007, and adopted on December 18, 2007. World Autism Day is one of mere seven formal health-specific UN Days. The day itself brings individual autism organizations close together all around the world to aid in things like research, diagnoses, treatment, and overall acceptance for those affected by this developmental chaos. Prime Minister Imran Khan made known his government’s promptness to come up with a policy that would ensure the welfare of persons with Autism and allow them to comprehend their potency. On the occasion of World Autism Awareness Day, the Prime Minister portrayed the day as world gratitude not only of Autism but also the large number of persons with Autism.
India has approximately 10 million children with autism. Autists report about one percent of the world’s population. There are about 1.5 million autism cases in Russia and may be up to 13 million in India. Approximately 1 in 100 children in India under age about 10 have autism. The most general conditions the team detected in India are hearing impairments and intellectual disability. There are at least 47,500 people currently living in Bangladesh with autism.
Autism is exhibited in children from approximately 18 months to 3 years of age. It is assumed that approximately 350,000 children in Pakistan suffer from autism and this number is growing day to day. Teaching and educating these children requires a large number of experts, professionals and sophisticated equipment. Regrettably there is very little awareness about autism in Pakistan. Likewise there are very few places where these children can be controlled. The symptoms of the disease incorporated are difficulty in blending with other children; emphasis on sameness; withstand modification in routine; improper laughing and giggling; no afraid of dangers; little or no eye contact; constant evident insensitivity to pain; prefers to be solitary; may not want fondling or act cuddly; twist objects; not receptive to verbal cues; acts as deaf; improper fondness to objects; and hurdles in expressing needs. Research indicates that autism develops from a combination of genetic and non-genetic or environmental influences. The number of children with autism in Pakistan is not familiar taking into the recent census and figures cited from the United States.
In conformity with the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention autism affects assumed about one in 59 children in the US, and boys are four times more probably to be diagnosed with autism than girls. A survey of parents across the United States says that approximately one in 40 children has autism spectrum disorder. The condition was reported in about 2.5 percent of children, representing an estimated of about 1.5 million kids ages 3 to 17. The new study is accordance with the 2016 National Survey of Children’s Health, which was carried by the US Census Bureau and which collected information from parents of excess than 50,000 children up to age 17. The new numbers were also little lower than those in the 2017 National Health Interview Survey.
Taking into consideration the country’s birth rate into account, several thousands are increased to this figure every year. The huge majority of children go unknown tagged under mental deceleration as an unparallel sum of doctors are not aware and have difficulty contemplating what this neurological condition is incorporating pediatrician. Consequently almost all rural based and some urban based families have recourse to traditional curators or religious person and if that is not sufficient then isolation or even being chained is the only means of dealing with issue at hand. International Autism Day at Shifa International Hospital, speakers explained that autism refers to a broad range of conditions illustrated by difficulties with social skills, repetitive conduct, speech and wordless communication as well as by extra ordinary strengths and differences. Specialist and experts said at the seminar that several reasons may affect the development of autism and it is often accompanied by not stable sensitivities and medical issues, such as gastrointestinal disorders, fit, sleep dis turbance and mental health challenges such as anxiety, depression and alertness on issues. Autism’s most apparent signs attend to appear between two and three years of age, but in some cases it can be diagnosed as early as 18 months. Ministry of National Health Services Director General who also serves as the chairman of the executive board of the World Health Organisation, stated everyone should play a portion in changing attitudes towards people with autism and in acknowledging their rights as citizens, who, like everyone else, are entitled to claim those rights and make decisions for their lives in accordance with their own will and priorities. According to the organization the people should also honour and respect each individual living with autism. The people should also recognize efforts of parents, teachers, and caregivers, who provide support to those living on the autism scope.