Other sources label it as a neurodevelopmental disability, i.e.� Brain’s normal growth, and it results in the affected child having difficulties with everyday living that are not found in non-autistic children.

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But the international medical community lists it as among the five top notch Pervasive Developmental Disorders, marked by notable abnormalities with regards to social interactions; limited interests and quite recurring behavior also factor commonly.

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Asperger syndrome is similar to autism except that it carries not much delay in the area of language development. But all forms of autism have attributed to them a peculiar type of behaviors, already outlined in a general sense very well within paragraphs 1 and 3. Such behaviors may/may not show in infancy (15-24 months), but they are likely to be a lot more easily discernable during initial years of childhood (approx 24 months- 6 yrs).

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Health authorities have already provided guidelines on how to detect possible signs of autism in your child as soon as possible. If the child doesn’t either babble or do coo at one year of age, does not manifest simple physical gestures (like pointing, waving or grasping) by the same age, does not say individual words before 16 months, will not independently muster phrases before two years of age, or refuses to cuddle , it may be recommendable to seek professional advice.

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It should be obvious that the symptoms of autism are not mild or trivial ones; they can upset a child’s development gravely and place limitations on him or her for months, years, even decades to come. That is why it pays so greatly for both parent and child for the parent to have an idea of the characteristic behaviors of autism that may show in those aged 24 months or older. These are listed loosely in the categories that follow.

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Considerable difficulties associate with some social interactions: difficulty in developing relationships; prefers being alone; little or no eye contact; little or no awareness of body language; no interest in sharing experiences; refusal to muster give-and-take social interaction, or to share.

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Communication, language and speech deficits: not reciprocating in conversation; not understanding facial expressions or body language; speech that is lacking, impaired or unusual; repeating stuff.

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Development of play-related difficulties: like using parts of several toys only; a tendency to line up or stack things; obsessive attachment to individual objects; inability to do what is known as “pretend playing”.

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Symptoms are not limited to those falling within behavioral considerations; as unusual responses to stimuli in one’s environment (sensual hypersensitivity or hyposensitivity), and pro-prioception and even vestibular senses also feature in autistic children on a common basis.

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Repetitive stereotypic behavior (stimming) is often noted in autistic children, and they may have very uneven talents.� Plase visit