What day is 4.2?

4.2 is "World Autism Day".

In December 2007, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution to designate April 2 each year as "World Autism Awareness Day" from 2008 onwards to raise awareness of autism and related research and development. Diagnosis and concerns of people with autism. The concept of autism was first proposed in 1943 by Leo Kanner, an expert at Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Autism is also called autism in medicine.

It is a disease that has not yet been known and understood by the whole society. Unlike Down syndrome and other diseases, autism does not affect the patient's face, so the appearance of autistic patients is no different from that of normal people. The theme of the 16th World Autism Day in 2023 is: caring for autistic children, paying attention to and supporting caregivers and professional workers of autistic people.

Autism is a lifelong developmental disorder caused by disorders of the nervous system that affect brain function. Symptoms appear before the age of three, and most patients are children. The development of sick children is hindered and they lack normal language communication and social interaction skills. To raise awareness about autism and strive for early treatment to improve the condition of patients.

In December 2007, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution to designate April 2 each year as World Autism Day. This resolution was proposed by Qatar, and 50 other countries co-sponsored the proposal. Children with autism are a group that continues to increase in number, but is not widely concerned and understood by society. It is a group that lacks general care from society.

Symptoms:

1. Narrow interests and stereotyped and repetitive behaviors. Children with autism often focus on one or several games or activities for a long time. For example, they are obsessed with spinning on the ground, like watching TV commercials and weather forecasts, but have no interest in cartoons and children's TV series with storylines. .

2. Loneliness and isolation, not establishing contact with others. Children with autism like to be alone and are not dependent on their parents. Some children with autism have reactions in infancy and do not like others to hold them, and will cry when others hold them. Their loneliness is also reflected in the fact that they don't care about the things around them. They can do whatever they want without any scruples. What happens around them has nothing to do with them.

3. Prominent speech impediment. Most children with autism have little speech, or even no speech in severe cases, and do not respond even when others call loudly. Although some can make sounds, they are unable to complete situational communication and can only make simple repetitive sounds.