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Autism symptomsAutism guideAutism affects a person's thoughts, awareness, behavior and concentration. However these are only applicable in a very loose context as autism is a spectrum disorder. This implies that it affects different individuals in varying capacities. So though symptoms help diagnose autism, they are not likely to guarantee similar effects on two individuals who are diagnosed. The American Psychiatric Association lists autism as a Pervasive Developmental Disorder. Guidelines restrict autistic disorder diagnosis based largely upon an individual's display of 6 or more of 12 symptoms. These are spread across social interaction, communication, and behavior. It is very likely that a large number of children display similar behavior but are not necessarily autistic. Hence it is very important to analyze and look for all necessary symptoms in order to be able to initiate a correct diagnosis. Early symptoms include difficulties in social interaction and communication. This involves involvedness with other children, preference of keeping to oneself, trouble in expressing oneself and use of motion rather than speaking. Children are also likely to display reduced sensibility. Very often children are likely to be non-responsive when spoken to leading others to believe that the child could be deaf. Autism symptoms include laughter and crying for no apparent reason. Repeating the same words and special inclination towards a certain object are also important symptoms. Other symptoms include being unable to use language suitably; difficulties in holding a conversation, comprehending discussions, use of facial expressions inadequately and trouble in recognizing nonverbal language. Distinct autism symptoms occur at infancy, which calls for early diagnosis, in most cases by the time a child is 3 years old. There are times when no clear symptoms are displayed until the child is 2. Hereafter the symptoms and signs start to grow rapidly. Symptoms in infants include unresponsiveness to a particular surrounding; comfortable when left alone, non reactive to playthings, non-responsive to human presence and odd levels of activeness. In some cases children even develop a different type of language or mode of communication that may not be understood by others. Other symptoms include resistance to change and even self-injurious behavior. Disinterest towards being cuddled, negative behavioral outbursts, minimal eye contact, non reactive to danger or harmful situations, compromised motor skills and insensitivity to learning are all autism symptoms. At times symptoms that are very strong during adolescent years can lose their severity during later years. Identical autism symptoms affect individuals in a varied manner and children should be particularly attentive towards this. Upon diagnosis it is important to ensure that a child is provided specialized treatment as per his/her unique symptoms. It is also important to understand that all types of impairment or non-responsiveness are not necessarily autism symptoms. Parents are requested not to interpret autism symptoms as medical practitioners can only make a correct diagnosis. Very often healthy children are likely to display such symptoms but are not autistic. It is important to understand that all of the above symptoms are to be displayed in varied proportions to diagnose autism. |
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