7 Early Signs of Autism | Autism

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There many early signs of autism and parents actually sometimes have a gut on it, but things that we know about are eye contact, you know, not monitoring the back and forth that a child would otherwise do and that is picked up very early. Babbling behavior and cooing sounds which are very early can also be repetitive.

I've had children sometimes having difficulty with motor imitation and that's one of the things that is talked about in the Literature. I've had children being repetitive even with the play. A child has been fascinated with the rattling and repetitively play with that.

You can have a child with sensory sensitivity, wanting to be held too much and not wanting to be held. Having a preference for constantly wanting to be rocked, for example. These are little concerns and parents can pick up on or have a gut on these things sometimes and they minimize it. So I think it's important to look at language, communication, and it could be verbal, non-verbal with social referencing, following, laughing.

The verbal value is very important, and this gaze-monitoring which you see a little child do. They monitor their mother's eyes. There's a back and forth. There's the alertness and interest in the other that seems to be missing or not adequately develop.

Not responding to their name when they're called, most kids should do that by eight to nine months of age. And when you find that happening, it is of concern. That is one of the earliest signs that need to be addressed and mention to your pediatrician.

One of the early signs that is commonly seen and is of concern is this lack of joint attention, which means we're both looking at something together. When you point toward something, a child will point to at something and look at you for you to understand. So there's that communication piece that seems to be missing. Children are often just reaching out for what they want.

And that's the way they communicate or they don't point with their index finger. There sometimes just lots of crying and no verbal communication.

So these are concerns that you have a social referencing or that lack of connection is something that parents pick up on and I think is definitely one of the earliest signs that needs to be concerned about.

[cuckooclock]

Noy wanting to offend someone, but in the last few years, I've noticed autism becoming a "trend" somehow. Again, not wanting to offend anyone. I grew up in the late 80s, and 90s and all this "symptoms" they were part of everyday life of a child, seriously now. We were around 200 children in our neighborhood alone and all turned out good in their adult life without any therapy or anything else. I understand that autism is a thing and I acknowledge it, with some obvious cases, but some of this symptoms are nonsense, really. Nowadays every 1 out of 3 has autism. It seems to me that some parents desperately want to motivate their child's behavior labeling him or her as autistic. I don't buy the "wide spectrum" argument. According to that, we all have a form of autism, with no exception.

[PurpledaisyShasta]

some of my old primary school teachers noticed that i was autistic but they weren't allowed to say anything. the only reason i know this is because mum remembers one or more of my old teachers hinting to her that i might have autism. i just wish that teachers were allowed to notify the schools councilers so they can do what they can to notify the parents. i was diagnosed too late. if i had been diagnosed before i went into my first year of year six i could have been given the help i needed instead of being stuck with a teacher who bullied me relentlessly because i was different

[yamamnawras]

my younger brother has autisim he's 9 and I'm 10 I'm watching this that because i love him and care for him and i think others a chance of my other bbother as autisim too he's 7

[wildexperiense]

yo I am 21 and I remember as a child I did most of the things in this video, I am not autistic and I think watching this video and having a young child can really shake you, it;s okey tho, your child is probably not autistic, nothing to worry about.

[helenbeebe]

My son has autism and I love him to death I would never change him for nothing in the world and I would never try to change him from who he is and he only 5years old

[HondaCB]

I am a 36 year old male. I was diagnosed with autism when I was 35. I can remember when I was 3 and went to a special school, mainly because I wasn't talking. All through my life I have had trouble making eye contact. I hated being touched and still do. I use to fixate on certain things and still do, especially spinning objects.

[missmia]

I'm autistic, and I responded to my own name and looked where people pointed as a baby. It was the subtle differences in eye contact first, and the sensory aversions developed when I was about two or three. And after that, I learned to button and unbutton my clothes late, and then the sleep problems, and everything else manifested when I started kindergarten.

[isabellascoolchannel]

I have high functioning autism and I am 12 years old

[energizervanny]

The only positive thing I gained from this video is admiration of her AWESOME eyebrows. Can we talk about them instead?

[frodolover]

◦ I have been crippled with anxiety over our just turned 3 year old son and am so confused. I lose so much sleep and drive myself crazy! He’s been evaluated by ECI early childhood development) and a SLP (my request his old pediatrician could care less) and he passed” both but I still have my concerns. He was adopted at 2 months. He has 3 full bio siblings and 1 half sibling (different biological father). The half bio sibling has been dx with ASD.

Here are the things that are wonderful that make me feel like he’s doing well:

0. He met all his milestones on time, walking was a tad late at 16 months but he cruised furniture for ages. Smiling on time, mimicking, laughing, clapping, waving, first words, all on time. Pointing I remember was at about a year old, but he couldn’t quite get his index finger out so I showed him once how and he got it then. He was still trying to gesture though. He had around 50 words at 18 months, unfortunately I stopped keeping track after that so can’t tell you how many at 24 months but don’t think it was a ton more. A few phrases on top of those words at 24 months.
0. He’s very social, loves saying hi to everyone. He loves going places and seeing new things. Crowds or not. He does make eye contact though with me I don’t think it’s great, everyone else it’s good. Toddler thing? As an infant no eye contact issues ever.
0. Regarding sensory stuff, I’ve seen no issues with loud noises, I’ve never seen him cover his ears. With this he loves baths but is not a fan of the shower. No sensory issues with brushing hair or teeth. No issues with clothes or tags other than he is getting opinionated on what he wears. Sometimes he will demand to wear pants.
0. He does answer to his name by looking up. We’ve never doubted that he knows he’s Warren. He will also ignore us at times, to where you have to yell to get his attention. That scares me. And he will ignore us if we talk to him at times.
0. He will demand to be cuddled usually at night. He likes to be in his chair to do that, he will give good hugs and randomly do it or give kisses, but not a ton for instance my hubby will always have to ask him for a hug before he goes to work. Even though Warren will say goodbye, wave to him, etc. He gets super excited when daddy or I come home.
0. We are convinced he understands a lot more than he lets on. Can understand directions, but I’ll talk more about this later some concerns here too.
0. I haven’t noticed any huge issues with transitions and schedule changes. I took him on a plane to Colorado at 26 months he was a tad fussy but was fascinated. He will more often than not have to be told more than once to do something but if I start counting he gets moving.
0. Regarding speech he will try and tell us some stuff like if my husband takes him to the park he will come home and say “mom a doggie” or “a train!” If they heard a train for instance. So I kind of consider that story telling?

To add to that, here are my big concerns:
0. The SLP cleared him but my worry is that he still repeats a lot rather than answering. He can answer yes or no questions but for instance getting him out of a timeout he can’t explain why he was in there though I know he understands it. He has properly told me a couple times. But he still repeats a lot. So if I ask “him do we hit?” He will either say no (proper response) or repeat my question (echolalia??) That’s one example. If he’s asked “how are you?” He repeats it back. Also just now I told him by and have fun with daddy, he repeated it back. Still lots of spontaneous speech too.
0. He has a ton of words but not always putting them into sentences correctly when I feel like he should be able to. For instance if he says me feeding the dogs he will whine “doggie, doggie” until I give him the bowls to feed them. He does have 2-3 word sentences I’ve even heard some that are 5. The other day he threw a piece of pickle for our dog Ellie to eat and said “Ellie get it, a pickle.” But then he will ask for things in one word too.
0. I worry about not only echolalia but what I’m wondering is scripting? Never hear him recite from tv shows or anything but he will use a lot of the same phrases. Like even though he knows how to tell us he’s hungry and wants to eat, every morning he will come into our room and say “toast, nana (banana)” in the same tone. Like he’s reciting from ages ago when I was listing foods he could have for breakfast. He will tell someone that’s what he had for breakfast if asked even if it’s not.
0. He toe walks 70-80% of the time. And at times I mean he’s literally ON his toes it looks painful. Runs on flat feet.
0. He lines up his cars a lot, but it’s different every time and I can’t say he perseverates over it. Many times he will take a car out and give it to you, or if you knock them over he won’t freak out. Might laugh. There’s also been times he will get upset and demand it back too. It depends.
0. I’ve noticed him spin in circles and fall down a few times this last week, it doesn’t last long (he said “I dance” while doing it a couple times), and when he’s excited he does what I am convinced is hand flapping. It last very briefly. He will also jump up and down a lot when excited like if I’m getting him food.
0. He has imagery play but I feel like it’s limited. I’m a first time mom who has never really been around toddlers though so I don’t know. He imitates some play and I’ve seen him like make toast into a boat (”look a boat”)and pretend it’s moving but he doesn’t have the language yet so maybe that’s part of it? He will make a pretend dragon from LEGO’s stuff like that.
0. He plays by himself a lot when it’s the 2 of us in the room. He engages too, like will bring me a car or books to read. But then dies his own thing. He can get finicky during play too and likes to call the shots is this normal at his age? He gets crabby easily.

[bobbye]

Parents don’t worry. Your child will be fine.

[MandyJMaddison]

All this needs a time frame. At what age does the child make eye contact? At what age does it gaze at your face or follow your gaze? At what age is it supposed to be able to look at something that you point at/ At what age is it expected to point with its index finger? Babbling? At what age is repetitive babbling the preparation for speech and at what age does it become an abnormality?

All this is so confusing to a parent!

Is any baby OK.... or do they ALL show signs of autism?

[somegoodolbants]

Autism comes in so many ways I should know I have autism myself and siblings who have it and mine doesn't affect my life to much some have autism to the point where they don't talk at all. It depends on what kind of autism they have but either way autistic kids are special kids.

[tristanbulluss]

I was diagnosed with autism. How things have changed. I was told I had half a brain and people used to hit me all the time. I was beaten by teachers and dragged out of class voilenty for being disruptive. They solved my disruptive behavior by isolating me in a room. I still remember being beaten by my grade 2 teacher. He picked me up and bashed me agaisnt a wall for looking at the painting the other kid paintings. He said that they were the normal kids paintings and I shouldn't be looking at them. I had blood coming out of my mouth from my nose. It was like hay welcome to the world.

[organicchemistry]

Children just need a lot of attention, if not enough, autism will be risked or even caused

[amyanda]

None of these are very helpful without a specific age by which a child should no longer do certain things.

[aav_n]

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[GamePlayShare]

So if my child have one of those signs i should take it to bio recycling facility?

[kaylaearl]

I am 21 and only got diagnosed a couple of months ago with aspergers sydrome

[ginabattista]

Ya know I don't agree with these kinds of videos because they get new moms buggin if I saw this 6 months ago id be rushing my son to the doctor buggin out he does every single one of these things with no reason medically behind it my son will now be 3 in December he won't look at me when I call him (stubborn) he obsesses over perticular games and toys (trains he loved everything trains) Ect