Healing Perceptual Process in Autism Spectrum Disorder or Initial Misdiagnosis?

Abstract

Autism spectrum disorder is characterized by the presence of particularities over neural networks of the information flexible transmission, which affects the perceptual-cognitive and socio-behavioural levels of the disorder. This research appoints a longitudinal Single Case Study performed throughout 32 years, structured in five intervals-evolutionary phases (0–4.5; 4.6–9: 9.1–12; 12.1–16.5; 16.6–32 years-old), that confirms the importance of the influence of neural networks variable on criteria that had enclosed to disorder symptomatic group.

The successive differential changes through the five phases of analysis, in relation to the variables “perceptive”, “social” and “behaviour” of the analysis found highly significant, which have been found through the Friedman comparative test; while the “nodes” variable has remained constant, with high evolutive development level. Likewise, it has been shown by Pearson correlation analysis, the variables relationship is significantly related at .1 critical level. The conclusions confirm that variable related to nodal relationships "nodes" decisively influences the evolutionary improvement to other variables investigated, that has been progressively modified the symptomatic group of the disorder to this Case Study.

The fundamental conclusion has been suggested that neuropsychological variables of processing, especially related to the functional ability to relational networks of information processing must be exhaustively complemented to the socio-behavioural criteria along the disorder evaluation process to avoid possible initial errors in the diagnostic conclusions.