Toddlers with autism...?
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Is my toddler autistic or a late talker???
Well, without the chance to observe your daugther's behavior, no one on here can tell you that she is autistic. A delay in speech is an indicator, and I am glad that you are concerned, but there are several other indicators that a professional would look for in autism. Some major red flags would include: a lack of eye contact, few social skills, large tantrums, sensory problems, stemming behaviors (hand flapping, head banging), odd voice quality. It could be that she simply has a speech delay. Take her to her pediatrician and request an evaluation. You can also call your local school district to have her assessed for free. Since she is under 3, she will be assessed by an agency called a Regional Center, who funds therapies for children under 3 years of age. She can recieve speech therapy based on her particular needs, as well as recieve a pyschological assessment to rule out autism. Autism does have a hereditary component, but other family members may not have autism. She may also have a sensory integration problem, which would explain the hypersensitivity to sounds. Have her assessed by the Regional Center near you. Good luck!
While only a professional can ever make a diagnosis, if there is a reason for concern it is when a child actively avoids eye contact and hugs, engages in repetitive actions (rocking, wiggling fingers in front of face for example) rather than playing with toys and is non-verbal at a time when toddlers are usually, if not saying words and sentences are at least babbling and making pre-word sounds. The thing to remember is that Early Intervention is important. The other thing to keep in mind is that while autism is often more obvious and most prevalent in boys (4 boys for every girl), girls also suffer from autism or register somewhere on the autism (Asperger's) spectrum.
Signs of autism in toddler?
First of all, in order to be diagnosed with autism, a person needs to exhibit characteristics from three areas, which are social, behavioural, and communicative. Speech delay has been taken of the new diagnostic criteria (because Asperger's is no longer a separate diagnosis, and people with Asperger's show to language *delay*, so speech delay had to be removed), but it is true that children with autism will exhibit abnormalities in speech at the very least (eg. repetitive language, echolalia, scripting, etc.). Second of all, the earliest autism is usually diagnosed is around 2 years. The reason is that many things that are "autistic behaviours" are also "baby behaviours". Hand-flapping is one of those things. A lot of babies flap their hands. A lot of babies knock things over (because they're exploring their environment; "what happens when I push this like this? Oh, it makes a satisfying crashing noise...I think I'll do that again"), a lot of babies don't talk...etc. At 15 months, she's not really out of that baby range yet. I do believe that some babies clearly show signs of being autistic from a young age, but it's primarily social, because the behavioural and communicative aspects are still in the "baby stage" when it's the same as "autistic". Social things would be drastic, like from my experience, total lack of eye contact, does not smile when he sees you or a person he knows, or when you smile at him, has no interest in people, transfixed staring at patterns, etc. Sensory problems could also be signs of autism, but be careful because it could also be a sign of something else.
Is my child autistic? I can't get over it!?
Toddlers get tubes in their ears because they're getting lots of ear infections/have fluid in their ear that can't drain. If a baby doesn't hear sounds well, they can't imitate them and get a clear sense of what sounds are words and what are other noises. If your son needed tubes because of hearing problems, that explains the developmental delays. Talk to your therapist/pediatrician about activities that you can do with him at home. Interact with your child and keep an ongoing narration of everything you're doing... it seems weird to be talking to yourself, "First I'm filling up the pot with water to get ready to make pasta." The water is getting hot. When I turn the dial, it turns the stove on. I need to be careful because it is very hot and I don't want to burn... etc." but it really does help. Attend story time at the library/music and movement playgroups/etc. in order to provide as much stimulation as possible. People freak out over the label "autism"... nowadays, they are so much better at diagnosing "autism spectrum disorders" that people who wouldn't have ever been labelled in the past because they were so high functioning are now being identified. Don't worry so much about the label as doing everything you can to help your child.
According to the CDC, the autism spectrum includes: autistic disorder, Asperger’s syndrome, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder. These types of ASD have been determined using The American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) guidelines in their diagnostic manual.Autism affects three aspects of a child’s life: social interaction, communication, and behaviors/interests. Children with possible autism should be tested by qualified professionals that have experience diagnosing this disorder.Each child has their own pattern of autism. In a child with autism, their development may be delayed from birth while others develop normally and suddenly lose social/language skills.It’s this characteristic of ASD that can make a diagnosis difficult. While there are different symptoms of ASD, the one thing they all have in common are challenges, disabilities, and delays in development of social communication.Impairment in Social InteractionThe delay or absence of social interaction in children can be a sign of ASD. Impairments in nonverbal behaviors such as eye to eye contact, facial expression, body posture, and gestures can be signs of ASD. Another instance of social impairment is failure to develop peer relationships at appropriate developmental levels.Impairment in CommunicationChildren with autism often have difficulties with communication skills. These can manifest themselves in several ways. There can be a delay or a complete lack of development of spoken language.Behavioral PatternsAutism is often identified with behavioral problems. Repetitive or stereotyped behavior, interests, and behaviors can be a sign of autism. Autistic children can show an abnormal intensity or focus involving one or more stereotyped or restricted patterns of interest.ChecklistsOften physicians will ask parents to fill out a checklist to help with a diagnosis of autism. These checklists ask questions about certain behaviors and allow parents and physicians to get an accurate diagnosis. Here’s an example of a checklist.Download this checklist hereHttp://blog.healthproductsforyou.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/CHAT.pdf
Is my child autistic?
Autism is a brain-based disorder that causes deficits in communication, as well as physical issues, social issues, personal management, etc. My autistic child can talk, most can, but they don't make sense. Instead of using full sentences, they will say the same word over and over, or repeat the last three words you said. You think talking girls are annoying, you haven't lived until you have a ten year old who keeps saying "Don't eat the poop" for three hours straight. Beyond that, there's tearing up every piece of furniture in your house, only having plastic dishes and cups because they break all your glass, not being potty trained and finding her playing in her own feces and having to clean her and the carpet, the walls, the faucets, etc, running down the middle of the street nearly getting killed because they don't know that cars are dangerous, there's the bruises and cuts because they don't know that hitting you hurts, and there's no cure ever. We get to live with this until the day we die, and then someone else has to live with it. Your post is the most ignorant one I've read today, and perhaps the most offensive. Thanks.
In order to help your child who has autism, first, you need to educate yourself and everyone around your child about autism. Understanding, support, and love can do wonders for your child’s development. No matter which end of the autism spectrum a child is, it is important to get started on intervention as early as possible. In little children, the brain is making and breaking new connections all the time. It is important that little kids receive as much stimulation and repetition as possible, as early as possible, for these new connections to stabilize. In children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), it is believed that it is important to start therapy/intervention programs as early as possible so as to not miss the critical window for improvement.A structured intervention has shown positive outcomes in children with autism, especially if started early. In addition, as a parent, you can involve yourself and train yourself to be an interventionist and help your child in the home environment and everyday activities. The parent-child attachment bond is significantly important for the developing child: developing the brain’s self-regulatory mechanism, developing an inter-personal self, and influencing later socio-emotional development. At totsguide.com, we offer parents programs to assist in early stimulation of brain plasticity in young children with autism. We provide online programs for parents to not only track the developmental milestones of their children through the “Track and Act” screening tool and detect any developmental delays, but also help children with step-by-step development of their socio-emotional, communication, and play skills through “SCoPE”, which are especially crucial for children with ASD.
Could my child be misunderstood for Autism?
You say he has great social skills, so it's not autism. Eye contact is very unusual for those on the spectrum but it can happen - that alone is not conclusive for a definition. But by the very definition of autism (aspergers in this case, because you don't mention any severe language development problems which would be necessary for a diagnosis of classic autism) he must have marked delays in social development to be diagnosed. When did "concerned about his behavior" turn into "he must have a developmental disorder or other diagnosable problem"? It wouldn't hurt to get him screened for ADHD with your doctor, but sometimes quirky or inappropriate behavior is just that - quirky or inappropriate behavior. Echolalia (repeating of words or phrases) can be a sign of Autism Spectrum Disorder ASD, but again sometimes happens with children who are not. I know with my own daughter we had to work really hard to teach her not to repeat - if we asked her "do you want toast with peanut butter" she would always reply with "toast with peanut butter". It was shortly after her 4th birthday that she finally used the word "yes" for the first time. Some sound sensitivity is normal. Hand dryers, loud toilet flushes, etc are all common childhood fears. But then some sound sensitivity does often come with ASD - as does sensitivity to smells, touches (e.g. unable to tolerate clothing or unable to tolerate the feeling of being naked), bright lights, aversions to different textures of food to the point of being not just a picky eater but cannot eat some foods as they will gag on them. Here is the current diagnostic criteria for Aspergers: http://www.autreat.com/dsm4-aspergers.ht... Here's also a good list to consider: impaired ability to make friends with peers absence or impairment of imaginative and social play stereotyped, repetitive, or unusual use of language restricted patterns of interest that are abnormal in intensity or focus preoccupation with certain objects or subjects inflexible adherence to specific routines or rituals You don't mention any repetitive behaviors such as spinning, hand flapping, or routines/rituals. It's best not to try to self-diagnose, nor try to get others on the internet to try to diagnose for you. Please talk to your doctor but without the social delays I would be really surprised if he came back with a diagnosis of ASD.
This is a good question. I am not sure when you can tell if they are autistic. But I think that catching it early is the best possible way of doing it.The way that I was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, now called Autism Spectrum Disorder, my father and brother had both raised it with my teachers and the children’s department of mental health at the National Health Service in the UK. They both raised it as they had been diagnosed with it at the same time.I understand that this may not be the case for you, and that’s fine. But, this has been on the NHS website:Frequent repetition of words that are said by other people.Some children with ASD flap their hands or twist and flick their fingers when they are excited or upset. Some people may do things like flipping on and off a light switch.We find it hard to read social cues and the concept of “flirting” is really weird to us.In infancy, a lot of us don’t babble or whine and may be considered a “good” baby.We are terrible at giving eye contact, so telling us to give eye contact is very hard. I can’t do it for more than like 5 seconds or less.By no means am I giving you an official diagnosis and I recommend going to the doctors if you believe that your child has it. Even the littlest doubt.Thanks to Ann Raver for the edit.