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How To Determine If Your Child Has Autism

Recent studies, which have been a major topicmundane  things.
on TV shows such as Good Morning America and
the Today Show, that autism is more prevalentSome of the signs and symptoms of autism
than was previously thought. One estimatewould  include  the  following:
indicated that approximately 1 in every 150
children have autism to some degree, and the* Autistic people frequently have poor
majority  of  those  are  undiagnosed.language skills and therefore frequently have
great problems in speaking and interacting
You need to be aware that autism, also knownverbally.
as Autistic Spectrum Disorder, and the milder
form of it, Asperger's Syndrome, is not* Autistic people do not like to be touched
necessarily limited to children. This canor hugged. Even though a hug is usually seen
affect people of any age, and many olderas a sign of affection from someone who
people who have been diagnosed with autismcares, people afflicted with autism are very
have had the affliction since they wereuncomfortable with a hug or being touched by
children, but were simply never diagnosedanother  person.
with  it.
* Autistic people have difficulty making
People who are afflicted with autism showdirect eye contact with another person and
definite signs and symptoms of thewill frequently go out of their way to avoid
affliction. One of the keys to accuratedirect  eye  contact.
diagnosis is to note the presence of these
symptoms and to note whether the symptom was* Autistic people frequently do not enjoy
an isolated incident or whether the symptombeing in a group setting with others, but
shows itself over and over again. Forprefer  to  be  alone  in  their  own  world.
example, one of the signs of autism is that
the affected person seems to live within* Autistic people frequently have high
their own world, they have clear problemssensitivity to bright light and loud noises,
with social interactions and in fact seem towhile at the same time exhibit a
reject any interaction with another person.significantly  reduced  sensitivity  to pain.
Some people may say that that symptom would
also apply to almost any computer geek, but* Autistic people can focus for hours at a
in all seriousness, this is just one symptomtime on a single object, with concentration
of many possible ones, and it is not aso intense that they may not even react to
laughing  matter.outside stimuli, like someone calling their
name.
While there is not a "cure" for autism in
the same sense that taking aspirin willOne of the biggest problems in detecting
"cure" a headache, early diagnosis of autismautism is that there is not a specific
is critical to being able to help thepattern that can be traced or noted. But if
afflicted person cope with it and to minimizeyou see your child consistently exhibiting
the effects of autism over the long term ofone or more of the symptoms listed above, it
that person's life. Special teaching skillswould be a good idea to schedule a checkout
and methods are required to properly teachwith a trained professional who can perform
and train someone affected with autism, soadditional tests to make an accurate
that they can more readily learn how to existdiagnosis.
in today's world. If left untreated and
undiagnosed, most autistic people cannot liveJon is a computer engineer who maintains web
by themselves because they frequently do notsites on a variety of topics based on his
have a good sense of what is right versusknowledge and experience.
what is wrong, even concerning everyday



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