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Does Your Child Have Autism?
Do you know that Autism Symptoms
of children can be identified early?
And have you heard that 1
out of 166 children in America suffer from autism? Nowadays,
it really pays if autism is detected early in every child.
We have provided certain guidelines for you to follow.
Try to use these assessments
as a checklist to determine if the child is showing the
signs of autism:
1. The child resists or deters
any manifestation of human affection:
If the child is autistic,
he is not used to being hugged by others, even by his parents.
When they are touched or held, they become stiff, and they
do not feel any comfort from cuddling.
When an autistic child starts
to have tantrums or becomes restless, it is advisable not
to touch them or give them a hug, just like what we do to
comfort other children. What you can do is give him a diversion,
like his favorite toys, or bring the child into an environment
with less stimulation.
2. Internal stimuli are stronger
than external stimuli. The child's processing of the external
stimuli is tough. Because of the inability in receiving
stimuli from the external environment, the child:
a.) Cannot find the difference
between his self and his environment, just like referring
to himself in the third person.
b.) Is incapable of helping
himself in doing activities, like eating, dressing up,
and going to the toilet.
c.) Has a difficult time
learning expressive communication.
d.) Cannot enjoy the relationship
with external elements, like strangers or other stimuli
from the environment, and cannot make eye contact.
e.) Is not aware of everybody;
instead, he knows only his self and isolates his self
while playing for hours, and withdraws from other kids.
f.) Finds security in lifeless
objects like toys.
3. Establishes body movements
that are stereotypic.
Examples of these are rocking
of the body, spinning everything he lays hands on, hand
tapping, and other cyclic actions.
4. Your child exhibits an
obsession in being similar:
An autistic usually sticks
to his daily habits and has great repugnance when there
are changes.
5. Your child becomes impulsive:
When the child is interrupted
in doing his or her activity, an autistic child begins having
temper tantrums.
6. Your child is most likely
to resort to hurting himself. A child who is autistic usually
bangs his head when he is having tantrums.
7. Your child displays an
intense withdrawal shown by not eating or refusing food.
8. Your child may demonstrate
low motor skills by being clumsy together with a low IQ.
9. Your child starts to experience
seizures or schizophrenic episodes come about.
10. The case of being autistic
is sometimes linked to being mentally retarded at some point.
However, it is difficult to
obtain the correct measurement of the precise IQ of these
kids because they lack language skills. An IQ that is less
than 50 is composed of 60% of these children, between 50
and 70 is composed of 20 %, and greater than 70 is 20%.
Autism occurs more in male children than female children;
that is, in a three is to one ratio.
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