Interventions for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An

Developmental disabilities including au-tism spectrum disorder (ASD) and intel-lectual disability (ID) have been ranked among the leading mental health-related causes of the global burden of disease with lifelong effects on children under the age of 10 years [1]. With under-five child mortality declining in resource-poor coun-tries [1], an increasing number of children will live on to experience an increasing burden of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) while the family shares a huge burden of care-giving [2]. Diagnosis of ASD in children is reported to co-exist with other conditions such as intellectua