{"id":42316,"date":"2024-08-09T06:00:08","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T06:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluegemsaba.com\/what-is-autism\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T18:16:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T18:16:39","slug":"what-is-autism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluegemsaba.com\/es\/what-is-autism\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfQu\u00e9 es el autismo?"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El autismo es un trastorno del desarrollo que, en los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os, ha pasado a referirse a una amplia gama de trastornos diferentes. Aunque en la actualidad hay cinco trastornos diferentes que se engloban en lo que se denomina trastorno del espectro autista (TEA), la mayor\u00eda de las personas a las que se les diagnostica tienen problemas de comportamiento, comunicaci\u00f3n y sociabilidad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A diferencia de otros trastornos del desarrollo, las personas con autismo no son f\u00edsicamente diferentes de las que no lo padecen. En cambio, su trastorno se manifiesta en la forma en que su cerebro procesa las cosas, lo que a su vez afecta a su forma de aprender, comunicarse y sentirse en situaciones sociales, entre otras cosas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Existen distintos grados de gravedad del TEA, desde el \"autismo de alto funcionamiento\" en el extremo inferior hasta las personas que no hablan, en el extremo superior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hoy en d\u00eda, los signos de autismo pueden detectarse precozmente, ya que el TEA se diagnostica en ni\u00f1os peque\u00f1os. Los estudios han demostrado que cuanto antes se diagnostique a un ni\u00f1o, m\u00e1s eficaz ser\u00e1 el tratamiento del trastorno.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Como el autismo puede ser confuso, vamos a ofrecer una visi\u00f3n general de lo que es el TEA, c\u00f3mo puede detectarse y c\u00f3mo se trata.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u00bfQu\u00e9 es el autismo?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El autismo es un trastorno del desarrollo que, en \u00faltima instancia, afecta a la forma en que algunas personas se comportan, aprenden, se comunican e interact\u00faan con otras personas. Aunque el TEA puede diagnosticarse a cualquier edad, normalmente se cree que se desarrolla en los dos primeros a\u00f1os de vida del ni\u00f1o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Las personas diagnosticadas de TEA suelen tener problemas para interactuar y comunicarse con otras personas, presentan comportamientos repetitivos e intereses restringidos, y\/o tienen otros s\u00edntomas que afectan a su funcionamiento en la vida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Si bien el autismo fue en su d\u00eda un trastorno de definici\u00f3n restringida, ahora se describe como un trastorno \"paraguas\" mucho m\u00e1s amplio que abarca:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluegemsaba.com\/es\/is-aspergers-autism\/\">S\u00edndrome de Asperger<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluegemsaba.com\/es\/autistic-disorder\/\">Trastorno autista<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluegemsaba.com\/es\/rett-disorder\/\">S\u00edndrome de Rett<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluegemsaba.com\/es\/childhood-disintegrative-disorder\/\">Trastorno desintegrativo infantil (TDI)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n<li>S\u00edndrome de Kanner<\/li>\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluegemsaba.com\/es\/pervasive-developmental-disorder-not-otherwise-specified-pdd-nos\/\">Trastorno generalizado del desarrollo no especificado (TGD-NOS)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aunque cada uno de esos trastornos individuales puede utilizarse coloquialmente en la actualidad, las personas del \u00e1mbito m\u00e9dico y profesional se refieren a ellos simplemente como TEA.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u00bfCu\u00e1les son algunos de los signos del autismo?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hay muchas <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluegemsaba.com\/es\/autism-diagnosis-signs-and-symptoms\/\">signos y s\u00edntomas del autismo en los ni\u00f1os<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uno de los retos del diagn\u00f3stico del TEA es que cada ni\u00f1o autista es \u00fanico. Algunos ni\u00f1os presentan signos que otros no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Algunos de los signos m\u00e1s comunes del autismo son:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>No establecer contacto visual de forma sistem\u00e1tica<\/li>\n\n\n<li>No compartir emociones, disfrute o inter\u00e9s por actividades u objetos.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>No responder a su nombre<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Mostrar una emoci\u00f3n, gesto y\/o movimiento que no coincide con lo que ocurre a su alrededor.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Tener una voz rob\u00f3tica<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Dificultades para adaptar su comportamiento a diferentes situaciones sociales.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Comportamientos repetitivos o inusuales (repetir frases o palabras)<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Tener un inter\u00e9s intenso por un tema concreto<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Se altera incluso por peque\u00f1os cambios de rutina<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Por supuesto, que un ni\u00f1o muestre uno de estos signos y s\u00edntomas no significa autom\u00e1ticamente que tenga autismo. Por eso debe realizar una evaluaci\u00f3n en profundidad un psic\u00f3logo cl\u00ednico formado para diagnosticar con precisi\u00f3n el TEA.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u00bfCu\u00e1les son algunos de los factores de riesgo comunes del autismo?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Una pregunta natural que se hacen muchos padres es cu\u00e1les son algunos de los factores de riesgo comunes del autismo en sus hijos. Puede resultar dif\u00edcil determinar con exactitud por qu\u00e9 algunos ni\u00f1os padecen TEA y otros no, ya que los investigadores a\u00fan no han dado con la causa principal del TEA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dicho esto, muchos estudios han sugerido que una <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluegemsaba.com\/es\/is-autism-genetic\/\">los genes del individuo pueden desempe\u00f1ar un papel<\/a><\/span>as\u00ed como otros aspectos ambientales. Algunos factores que se cree que est\u00e1n asociados con que una persona tenga un mayor riesgo de TEA incluyen ...<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tener uno o m\u00e1s hermanos con TEA<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Tener padres mayores<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Padecer una enfermedad gen\u00e9tica como el s\u00edndrome X fr\u00e1gil o el s\u00edndrome de Down<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Tener un peso muy bajo al nacer<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/72\/ss\/ss7202a1.htm#:~:text=Starting%20with%20the%202000%20surveillance,Hispanic%20children%20in%20earlier%20years.\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Prevalencia del autismo<\/span><\/a> ha aumentado dr\u00e1sticamente en los \u00faltimos 20 a\u00f1os, y los Centros para el Control y la Prevenci\u00f3n de Enfermedades de EE.UU. informan de que 27,6 de cada 1.000 ni\u00f1os fueron diagnosticados de TEA en 2020, frente a solo 6,7 de cada 1.000 ni\u00f1os 20 a\u00f1os antes, lo que supone un aumento de m\u00e1s del triple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parte de ello puede deberse al hecho de que los m\u00e9dicos est\u00e1n mejorando en la identificaci\u00f3n y el diagn\u00f3stico del TEA. Otra parte puede deberse a otros factores ambientales, como el hecho de que los padres suelen ser mayores hoy que hace 20 a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u00bfC\u00f3mo se trata el autismo?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hay muchas formas diferentes de tratar el autismo, pero una de las m\u00e1s eficaces es una pr\u00e1ctica conocida como an\u00e1lisis conductual aplicado, o terapia ABA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Este tratamiento adopta un enfoque cient\u00edfico de la ense\u00f1anza y el aprendizaje, ayudando a los ni\u00f1os con TEA a adquirir las habilidades comunicativas, sociales y vitales que necesitan para triunfar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mediante la repetici\u00f3n de t\u00e9cnicas de ense\u00f1anza, los terapeutas de ABA trabajan individualmente con los ni\u00f1os autistas para que aprendan los comportamientos deseados y las respuestas a distintas se\u00f1ales. Los ni\u00f1os son recompensados por mostrar el comportamiento deseado, lo que con el tiempo ayuda a que las habilidades \"se peguen\".<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Blue Gems ABA ofrece la mejor terapia ABA de su clase<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En los \u00faltimos 20 a\u00f1os se ha avanzado mucho en la identificaci\u00f3n, el diagn\u00f3stico y el tratamiento del autismo, para gran beneficio de los ni\u00f1os a los que se diagnostica este trastorno del desarrollo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En <u><a href=\"https:\/\/bluegemsaba.com\/es\/\">Blue Gems ABA<\/a><\/u>Tenemos un equipo de BCBAs licenciados y con experiencia que trabajan duro cada d\u00eda con ni\u00f1os con autismo para ayudarles a desarrollar las habilidades sociales, emocionales, de comportamiento y de comunicaci\u00f3n que necesitan para tener \u00e9xito en la vida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tambi\u00e9n contamos con psic\u00f3logos cl\u00ednicos experimentados que eval\u00faan a los ni\u00f1os para detectar el TEA y pueden proporcionar un diagn\u00f3stico oficial, si procede.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Para m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n, por favor <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluegemsaba.com\/es\/contact\/\">Cont\u00e1ctenos<\/a><\/span> Hoy.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bluegemsaba.com\/es\/autism-in-babies\/\">https:\/\/bluegemsaba.com\/autism-in-babies\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bluegemsaba.com\/es\/what-is-autism-spectrum-disorder\/\">https:\/\/bluegemsaba.com\/what-is-autism-spectrum-disorder\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bluegemsaba.com\/es\/high-functioning-autism\/\">https:\/\/bluegemsaba.com\/high-functioning-autism\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Autism is a developmental disorder that, in the last few years, has come to refer to a wide range of different disorders. 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