The problem of childhood autism

Abstract

The article presents literature data on the classification, etiology, pathogenesis and prevalence of autism in the
world and in Kazakhstan. In recent years, the problem of the health of the child population has sharply increased, due to the
violation of the morphofunctional and psychophysiological state of children, often this fact is associated with the increase in
environmental and social unhappiness. An increase in the disease of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is observed worldwide.
Autism is one of the most common childhood psychiatric disorders. Recently, the problem of autism has attracted attention,
since information about this problem spread among the general population, and parents whose children have autism have turned
to specialists, which makes it possible to study this problem in Kazakhstan. The article shows the classification of autism, the
main symptoms characteristic of it, gives the indicators of the incidence rate from 2011, there is an increase in the number of
children with autism.