Neurológia pre prax 2/2016

Development of socio-economic status in patients with PAS over the years

Autism is one of the most serious, lifelong disorder of children's mental development, mostly requiring lifelong care of another person. The ability to predict the outcome (development of the disorders in adulthood and economic involvement of individuals in adulthood) of children with autism, so lets families plan the future of their children and create reasonable expectations. Studies, which follow up socio-economic status (SES) in adults through almost 50 years, are compared in this article. In addition we deal with scores, which can be used for outcome in adults, so single studies could be compared. We also think about factores, which influence SES in adult, like IQ, language skills or revalency of autistic symptoms. Last but not least, is in article mentioned, what is neccesery to be focused on in future.

Keywords: autism, outcome, social-economic status.