Autism and its Impacts on Social and Emotional Wellbeing

Running Head: AUTISM
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AUTISM 2
Question 1
Scientists associate autism with impaired conditions. ASD refers to a condition that
identifies heterogeneity and complexity of a lifetime condition and whose signs and symptoms
vary from patient to another. Although anxiety is not viewed as a primary feature in ASD,
anxiety disorders are very common in patients with ASD (Hess, Morrier, & Heflin, 2018).
Due to the effects that anxiety brings to these patients, it is important to treat it for the wellbeing
of these patients.
Social Impacts of Anxiety and ASD
Social anxiety occurs together with autism spectrum disorders. It is evident when there is
a socio- communication impairments or on the effects on social experiences. One impact is the
absence of eye contact observed in early childhood. It may be impossible to read facial
expressions and the vocal characteristics may at times appear to be monotonous. The children
may also face difficulties in reading facial expressions and emotions in other people. The
children also have problems in reading emotional affections in others (Kuhlthau, Orlich, Hall,
& Sikora, 2015). These problems consequently cause difficulties in social interactions.
Emotional Impacts of Anxiety and ASD
There exists two ways in which psychological researchers sought to comprehend the
response to psychological stress caused by ASD. There are common changes that exist in a
regular daily rhythm of the secretion of cortisol (Butter, Wynn, & Mulick, 2015). The pattern
of the secretion of cortisol may be corrupted by the occurrence of ASD in the body and this
could be severe to those with severe symptoms of ASD.