Aware that autism is a lifelong developmental disability that manifests itself during the first three years of life and results from a neurological disorder that affects the functioning of the brain, mostly affecting children in many countries irrespective of gender, race or socio-economic status, and characterized by impairments in social interaction, problems with verbal and non-verbal communication and restricted, repetitive behaviour, interests and activities,See International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, tenth revision (subcategories F84.0 and F84.1), endorsed by the forty-third World Health Assembly in May 1990.
认识到自闭症是一种因神经系统失调影响到大脑功能而引致的终身发展障碍，症状在三岁前出现，患者多为儿童，分布在许多国家，不分性别、种族或社会经济地位，其特征为社交互动能力缺失、言语和非言语沟通困难，行为、兴趣和活动有限和重复，见《疾病和有关保健问题国际统计分类》，第十次修订(F84.0和F84.1分类)，于1990年5月经第四十三届世界卫生大会认可。