Autism Detection in Early Childhood or ADECIntroductionAutism is a severely disabling lifelong developmental disability, typically appearing during the first three years of life. It occurs in about five in 10,000 births and is thought to be four times more prevalent in males than females. It has been detected throughout the universe in groups of every racial, ethnic, and cultural background. No associated determinants in a child's psychological environment have been determined to induce autism. The term autism describes impairments and qualitative differences in reciprocal social communication and social interaction, which includes people's rigid, repetitive, and restricted behaviors. The development team recognized that groups and individuals prefer a variety of autistic terms, which include autism spectrum condition, autism spectrum disorder, neuronal diversity, and autism spectrum difference. The focus of behavior analysis is on the principles that explain how learning occurs. An example of this principle is positive reinforcement. When a reward follows a behavior, the behavior is repeated. Through extensive research, the field of behavior analysis has developed several techniques to increase good behaviors that are helpful and reduce behaviors that interfere with learning or may cause harm. People living with ASD live with a lifelong disorder that affects the person, their family, or caregivers. When someone is diagnosed with autism, both the person and their family experience a variety of emotions, worry and shock about the implications for the future. (Bell, 2007). They may also have an intense sensation... middle of paper... Future directions in behavioral syndrome research. Proceedings: Biological Sciences, 755-761. Korff, M. V., Glasgow, R. E., & Sha, M. (2002). ABC of psychological medicine: organization of care for chronic diseases. BMJ: British Medical Journal, 92-94.Nettle, D., & Penke, L. (2010). Personality: Connecting the literatures of human psychology and behavioral ecology by Nettle (2010). Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, 4043-4050.NICE, (2011) Diagnosis of autism in children and young people. Accessed 6 March 2014 From NICE: http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/live/13572/56428/56428.pdfSchaller, M. (2011). The behavioral immune system and the psychology of human sociality. Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, 3418-3426.Young, R (2007) Autism Detection in Early Childhood (ADEC): Detecting autistic tendencies in young children ACER Press,