Autism Signs ?

Question

what are the signs
can it get worse if not helped

Answer 1

There are so many symptoms. Most common are inability to make gestures or point, inability to indicate needs or wants, doesn't respond to his or her name, appears to be deaf or unresponsive to stimuli, sensory issues such as strong reactions to everyday noises or textures, severe, sudden tantrums with self injurous behavior, loss of previously acquired skills, speech delay, strong adversity to affection, lack of eye contact, Sticking to rigid routines or schedules, inability to play with age appropriate toys and missed milestones. The most important things to ask yourself are these questions:
Does the child seem to be in his or her own world to the point to where it seems constant or excessive?
Are you able to communicate with your child at an age appropriate level?
Is your child displaying strict adherence to routines or displaying obsessive compulsive tendencies?
Has your child hit most of his or her milestones within the right age range?
Has stopped talking or walking suddenly or any other loss of skills such as stopped eating solids?
These are usually the first signs that display themselves. It is very important that you look at the big picture overall instead of concentrating on only one or two symptoms. You wouldn't believe how many times people have told me that my son couldn't possibly be autistic because he does make eye contact and is actually very affectionate. The best advice I can give is to do your own research from multiple sources and then decide for yourself what is fact or fiction, because people will give you all kinds of misinformation based on one child they happen to know or the one kid their child attends school with . All Autistic children are unique, and every autism disorder is unique to the child that has it. No 2 children have the same exact set of symptoms. WebMd has an excellent Autism checklist. It is how I learned my son had it and he has since been diagnosed by 6 medical proffesionals. My son had 17 out of 25 symptoms on the checklist. I don't think that the autism itself will get worse if you don't treat it. However it will have a huge negative impact on the child's quality of life if you don't. Early intervention is absolutely necessary for the child. There is no cure for Autism and it will not heal itself or go away on it's own. Even with extensive therapy, full recoveries from autism are very rare. That doesn't mean the child cannot function in society, it just means certain aspects of the disorder may be present for the rest of the person's life.

Answer 2

Yes it can get worse...some signs

No eye contact
not talking by age 3
doing strange things that most kids dont do and doing it for no reason for example of friends daughter likes to just pick things up throw them on floor watch them break and then walk off like nothing ever happened
does not socialize with other children
rocking
they do this hand thing to but I dont know what it is called
I saw on the view a case where the child had a mild form of autism and was cured from it but this was a mild form. There are so many forms of autism. My other friend has a son with autism and I saw him the other night for the first time in a few months and let me tell you his communication skills were like a 180 compared to a year ago...he played with my son for small periods of time. Intervention I think should start as soon as the child is diagnosed which can be as early as 2 years old.

Answer 3

Some of the signs are: social isolateion-this person will isolat their self from any type of social interaction. Appears to be emotionally detached- things that would be alarming, scary, or maybe funny, doesn't receive any type of emotion. This person would be somewhat or maybe completely unaware of their surrounding-for instance, if this person is riding in a car, they may open the door and attempt to get out while someone is driving. May show an interest in one thing in particular, like feathers. When help is received, things get much better. My daughter has a mild case of autism, and has been receiving therapy for about two years, and although she still displays some signs, it's not nearly as often as before. She has definitely come along way.

Answer 4

There are many forms of autism, my nephew has asperburger's sydrome, which is a high fuctioning autism. For Joey ( my nephews name) he funtions like he is still 8 or 9 years old. Many children have fasinations but Joey's fasinations are more like obsesive compultion, he has been obbsesed with Titanic and car keys for as long as i can remember. Due to the car key obbsesion he will never be able to drive, also the car radio would be another factor in him not getting a license. Joey is also obbsesed with music. When he was 6 at a talent show at his school he was the only child who could sing ( due to his uncanny ability to memorize songs and books, and recall conversations from years ago) an entire song with out forgeting words or key tones to alert him to what note to hit. Now Joey's form of autism is like i said a high functioning autism. Meaning he may, i say may with the hope of the help he is getting will help him with social skills, work skills and being able to process situations as an adult as to the thinking skills of a child he may one day hold a simple job. Joey is also very smart. Asperbuger's syndrome is a autism where their inteligence is very high, but their reasoning skills are very poor. For example Joey, not understanding the consiquinces of his actions, called in a bomb treat to his favorite resturant, his childlike mind thought it was just a joke, (Joey was 13 years old, still is 13 years old) he did not realize his actions caused my brother, his father, to be fined with inducing panic and threating the wellbeing of others, serious offenses. Still to this day, and i have ask joey myself, if he understands what he did is wrong and a act of terrorism, his reply was i was just playing pretend. I assume that all the newscoverage of the war in iraq and the constant reminder of 9/11 had something to do with his calling in a bomb threat. All I hear on t.v. is "suicide bombings and death" Joeys dad is an avid news junkie. And yes autism can worsen without the proper help. Raising Joey has been hard with all his obsessions and his mentally childlike mind. Its hard to explain to joey the world around him, we often catch him talking to himself and trying to reason thing out, that is due to the help he has recieved, but still autism is a deeply stressful condition to deal with and manage. I hope this helps you, but this type of autism is the only one i could fully explain.

Answer 5

Lack of eye contact, lack of interaction with others, doesn't laugh or express a lot of emotions. I know there are other signs but those are the big ones that I know to watch for and I do care for children.

Answer 6

possibly Autism, but from that information I can't be certain, if you are very concerned have the child evaluated by a specialist

Answer 7

http://pediatrics.about.com/od/weeklyquestion/a/04_signs_autism.htm talks about early signs of autism.

How old is the child? Early diagnosis can help. Call social services and the local schools for programs in your area.

Answer 8

Early intervention can make a big difference.

Answer 9

wont look at u, dont play with any body but himself, just with drawn