Need to detect autism at early stage

Need to detect autism at early stageBy SALINA KHALID Photos by GLENN GUAN ALTHOUGH more people are now aware of autism, there are no statistics on how many are affected by the condition in the country. National Autism Society of Malaysia chairman (Nasom) Teh Beng Choon said without statistics, it was difficult for the society to assess the real situation locally. “We have been going around to various organisations, including the relevant autho-rities, to gather information on prevalence of the condition yet nobody has the statistics. “So we have to rely on the international figures and make an assumption about the local scenario,” he said. He added that according to the international statistics in the 1980s, the incidence of autism in...

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