English-Portuguese translations for autism

• autismo
  Uma em cada 58 crianças sofre de uma forma de autismo. One in every 58 children has a form of autism.
  O autismo deve ser reconhecido como uma deficiência à parte entre as deficiências mentais, devendo ser desenvolvidas estratégias específicas para a mesma. Autism must be recognised as a separate disability among mental disabilities and specific strategies must be devised for it.
  Não podemos partilhar do seu autismo político perante a debilidade das conclusões do Presidente Berlusconi. We are unable to share their political autism, faced with the feebleness of President Berlusconi’s conclusions.

Definition of autism

• A pervasive neurological disorder that is observable in early childhood and persists throughout the lifespan, characterised by atypical communication, language development, eye contact, and sensory experiences
• ; generalization of the specific to a range
• Abnormal and unhealthy focus or persistence, and unhealthy hatred of opposition or criticism

Related words

• PDD
• PDD-NOS