Autism is a diagnosable disorder that develops in children, but many of the symptoms are quite individual to each child. Many times autism can be diagnosed by a delay in development, or children that develop autism can also start to lose their language and social skills.
If you are a parent concerned with the development of your child, here are many of the basic symptoms of autism: • Difficulty in language skills.
• Inappropriate social responses, like resistance to touch, limited eye contact, and lack of focus.
• Having a difficult time playing with other children.
• Having difficulty understanding feelings.
• Very hyperactive or passive behavior.
• Requiring a very structured routine to feel safe.
• A lack of response to heat or cold.
• No impulses or fear of danger.
• A strong attachment to objects, like strings or toys.
Of course, all of these symptoms are basic and could have to do with other childhood disabilities, although they are all also related to autism. It is important to contact your doctor if your child does not respond to hugging or cuddling and has difficulty socially interacting with other people. It is also necessary to have concern if your child is roughly a year and a half old and is having a difficult time communicating or using words. Other warning signs include your child using repetitive behavior, like continually closing or opening doors or spinning a toy.
For any of these symptoms, it is important to consult with your doctor right away about the development of your child. A child with autism is trying their best to decipher the chaos around them, which is why many of these symptoms occur. When you understand how to deal with your child after being diagnosed with autism, it will give you the opportunity to interact based on many of these symptoms to stop a number of problems before they start.
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I am astounded by that list of autism symptoms. I know so many kids from the daycare I help out in who have at least two or three of them, at least. Do they have autism? Would they be diagnosed with autism if they were in the US?
I put my youngest son in the American school here. It was very expensive but supposed to be the best thing in the West Indies. I'd moved him at 5 from a church school. He was dogged with teachers complaining about his behaviour. There were endless meetings with the headmistress (who was a clinical psychologist specialising in children), they said he had ADHD and that he had to have a formal assessment and they would not accept him back unless he was on Ritalin. And so it went on. In his class of 17 there were three kids on ritalin. He saw three psychologists - one, the headmistress, two, a Canadian one who said that the teachers should just get on with teaching him, he's just a naughty boy, and three a West Indian one who said that by the criteria given, almost EVERYONE could be diagnosed with ADD/ADHD and certainly all the little boys the school sent him could.
I think the diagnosis of Autism is going somewhat like that.
Wow, this could very well explain the increase in autism diagnosis if the above is representative of current criteria doctors are using to diagnose ASD. If there is concern you should talk to your child's physician but here are some sights that give you the diagnostic criteria as well as signs to look out for during your child's early development.
National Institutes of Mental Health
Autism Speaks
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CBS 60 Minutes disgusting promotion of Ritalin & Adderall
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