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Published on: April 22, 2015
[Affective-sexual development in people with autistic spectrum disorders]
Amaia Hervas1,2, Carlota Pont2
1Instituto Global de Atención Integral del Neurodesarrollo (IGAIN), España.
Abstract:
Autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) are neurodevelopmental disorders that affect social communication and present repetitive, stereotyped and inflexible behaviour. A third of the people with a diagnosis of ASD also have intellectual disability associated and two thirds present an intellectual capacity within the average range. The nuclear autistic and others associated symptoms can affect the affective and sexual development. This article exposes which are the problems people with ASD present in the affective and sexual development, the most frequently described and brief guides for evaluation and support for an adequate affective-sexual development in people with ASD.
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