Author:
Lewis Jackson
Date Of Creation:
14 May 2021
Update Date:
1 July 2024
Content
Autism is a broad spectrum disability, which means that autistic children exhibit or show signs of autism across a variety of behaviors. Autistic children have a disturbed development of the brain, often manifested by difficulty or difference in intellectual abilities, social interactions, verbal and non-verbal communication, and self-stimulating behavior. Although each autistic child is unique, it is essential to recognize the signs and symptoms as early as possible so that early intervention can be made to help you and your baby live the happiest lives. may.
Steps
Method 1 of 4: Recognize social differences
Interacting with your child. Normal babies have social instincts and love to make eye contact. An autistic infant usually does not appear to interact with their parents, or look "inattentive" to their parents (parents without autism).
- Eye contact. A normally developed child can respond to the eye contact of others between the ages of 6 and 8 weeks. Your autistic child may not be looking at you or avoiding your eyes.
- Smile at your baby. Children without autism may smile and show joy at six weeks or earlier. Autistic children may not laugh, even from their parents.
- Play games with your baby on a bad face and see if they imitate it. Autistic children may not be involved in imitation play.
Name the child. Normal babies respond to names at nine months of age.- Normally developed children may call "ba ba" or "ma ma" at 12 months of age.
Play with a toddler. At 2 - 3 years old, a normal kid will enjoy playing games with you or others.- Toddlers may appear detached from the outside world, or lost in thinking. Normal babies at this age will draw you into their world by pointing, showing, reaching or waving at 12 months of age.
- Normal children can play in parallel until they are 3 years old. When children participate in parallel play, they play alongside other children and enjoy company but not necessarily cooperation in the game. Do not confuse parallel play and an autistic child does not participate in social interaction.
Examine any differences. By age 5, the average child may understand that you have a different opinion about things. Autistic children often have a hard time recognizing that others have different views, thoughts, and feelings from them.- If your child likes strawberry ice cream, tell them that chocolate ice cream is your favorite and see if he or she argues or is upset that you don't have the same opinion.
- Many people with autism understand this in theory rather than in practice. Children with autism may understand that you like the color blue, but not understand that it will be frustrating if they cross the street to run after a balloon.
Assess your moods and flare-ups. Autistic children may have a flare-up or extreme emotional flare similar to rage. However, these outbreaks are not the child's will and are extremely uncomfortable for them.
- Children with autism experience many challenges and try to "control" their emotions to please caregivers. Emotions can be out of control, and a child can become so frustrating that it hurts itself like banging his head on a wall or biting himself.
- Autistic children may feel more distressed with sensory problems, abuse and other problems. They can be more provocative to defend themselves.
Method 2 of 4: Observe communication difficulties
Coo with your child and see if he or she responds. Listen for progressive sounds and babbles as your baby grows. Children usually fully speak by 16 to 24 months of age.
- A normal baby can exchange sounds with you back and forth, such as conversation, at nine months of age. Children with autism may not have any verbal communication at all or ever have but then lose this skill.
- A normal baby will babble when he is about 12 months old.
Talk to your child. Talk to your baby about his favorite toy and listen to his sentence structure and communication skills. Children who develop normally will have a lot of vocabulary at the age of 16 months, can speak 2 word phrases and make sense by 24 months of age, and can speak clubs coherently by the age of 5.
- Children with autism often confuse the order of words in sentence structure or simply repeat sentences or phrases from others, called parodies. Children can confuse pronouns, for example they say "Do you want to eat cake?" when trying to express that the child wants to eat the cake.
- Some children with autism skip the "baby speech" phase and they have superb language skills. Children can learn to speak very early and / or develop very large vocabulary. They have a different way of talking compared to their peers.
Try using different expressions. Determine if your child understands sentences literally. Autistic children often misinterpret their body language, tone of voice, and expressions.
- If you put it sarcastically like "Cool!" When they see your child fill the living room wall with a red pen, they may think that you are really complimenting their work.
Check facial expressions, tone of voice, and body language. Children with autism often have a very specific way of communicating without words. Most people are familiar with normal body language, so this can be confusing from time to time.
- The tone is even like a robot, an ethereal or unusual childish voice (even if the child is a teen or an adult)
- Body language incompatible with mood
- Little facial expressions, outrageous expressions, or odd expressions.
Method 3 of 4: Identify repetitive behaviors
Watch for unusual repetitive behaviors. While every child likes to play repeat to some degree, autistic children will exhibit strong repetitive behaviors such as rocking, clapping, rearranging objects, or repeating. sounds, called parodies. These behaviors may be necessary for self-restraint and relaxation.
- All children played parodies of words until the age of three. Autistic children can do this more often and when they are over three years old.
- Certain repetitive behaviors are called self-stimulation, which means they stimulate the child's senses. An example of this phenomenon is a child wiggling her fingers in front of her face to stimulate her vision and entertain herself.
Pay attention to how your child plays. Children with autism are often not attracted to fantasy games but prefer to organize objects (such as doll building or building toys, instead of playing doll houses). Imagination happens in the child's mind.
- Try breaking the pattern: folding the doll that the child is making or walking across the child's face while trying to make a circle. Your autistic child will be significantly frustrated by your intervention.
- An autistic child may be able to play fantasy games with another child, especially if he or she takes the lead. However, children with autism often do not play this game on their own.
Recognize interests and favorites. Strong and unusual obsessions with household objects (such as brooms or beads), or later objects, may be a sign of autism.
- Autistic children can develop a special interest in a subject, and acquire extremely extensive knowledge. Examples may include cat knowledge, baseball statistics, fairy tales, jigsaw puzzles, and chess. Children are often "excited" or open to being asked about such topics.
- Children may have a special interest, or are interested in several topics at the same time. Children's interests can change as they learn and grow.
Observe an increased or decreased sensitivity to the senses. If your child exhibits unusual discomfort to light, texture, sound, smell, or temperature, talk to your doctor.
- Autistic children may "overreact" to strange sounds (eg loud and sudden noises or vacuum cleaner), textures (like itchy socks or sweaters), etc. due to certain senses being exaggerated and causing real discomfort or pain.
Method 4 of 4: Assessment of autism over age
Know when to recognize autism. Some symptoms appear obvious when the child is 2 - 3 years old. In addition, a child can be diagnosed at any age, especially during transition periods (such as going to high school or moving house) or during times of stress. Excessive stress in life can cause an autistic person to “go back” to cope, causing anxious loved ones to seek a diagnosis.
- Some people get diagnosed only upon entering college, when their distinct development becomes apparent.
Know about teenage milestones. Although there are some differences, most children reach developmental milestones in characteristic patterns. Children with autism often reach these milestones later. Some cases can develop earlier, and parents may see it as a manifestation of a struggling or curled genius child.- At the age of three, children can often climb stairs, play with simple ingenious toys and play pretend play.
- At four years of age, children can retell their favorite stories, doodle and follow simple instructions.
- At the age of five, children can generally draw pictures, talk about their day's activities, wash their own hands and focus on tasks.
- Older autistic children and adolescents may follow a strict pattern or sequence, are drawn to special interests, interested in topics that are not normally in the age group of young, avoid eye contact and are very sensitive to touch.
Watch out for lost skills. Tell your family doctor if you are concerned about any point in your child's development.Do not procrastinate if your child loses ability to talk, self-care skills or social skills of any age.- Most of the lost skills are still "there" and recoverable.
Advice
- While it's not a good idea to self-diagnose your child, you can still test it online.
- It is thought that autism is more common in boys than in girls. Experts have found that autism in girls is often overlooked in special diagnostic criteria because girls are often "wiser".
- Asperger's syndrome was once considered another form of the disorder, but it is now also classified as an autism spectrum disorder.
- Many autistic children have other health problems such as anxiety, depression, gastrointestinal disturbances, seizures, sensory processing disorders and pica syndrome, an appetite syndrome of non-food foods. (In addition to the usual developmental habits of toddlers it is common to put everything in the mouth).
- Vaccines do not cause autism.
