Autistic disorder: a reality in some families. Mexico case.

Abstract

Some families are currently mourning a diagnosis or possible misdiagnosis of autism spectrum disorders (ASD).

This disorder, according to statistics, increases its figure in Mexico mainly in children, affecting various causes; requires the participation of multidisciplinary teams for its conclusive result.

The proposal that is presented as an approach and beginning of the validation of the hypothesis that renders the thesis of the increase in people with ASD, mainly of children in pediatric ages, null, constitutes a referential, descriptive and exploratory investigation.