By Robert Richards

Autism: Signs of and Symptoms - Social Skills. When evaluating your childs social skills, ask yourself these questions… Does your child fail to respond to his or her name? Does your child avoid making eye contact with you? Does your child appear not to hear you? Does your child avoid being held or cuddled? Does your child seem to be unaware of others feeling or emotions and prefer to play alone?

Autism: Signs of and Symptoms - Behavior. When evaluating your childs behavior, ask yourself these questions…Does your child perform repetive movements, such as rocking? Does your child become bothered with small changes in their routine? Does your child appear to be unusually sensitive to their environment through light, sound and touch? Has your child developed specific routines that are easily identified? Does your child have a ritualistic pattern in their daily lives? Does your child seem to be constantly on the move?

Autism: Signs of and Symptoms - Language. When evaluating your childs language skills, ask yourself these questions…Did your child begin speaking much later than other children? Can your child repeat words or phrases verbatim without understanding how to use them? Does your child speak with an abnormal tone, perhaps a sing song voice or a very mechanical voice? Does your child have difficulty starting a conversation or staying engaged in a conversation?

As you ask yourself the question, 'Autism signs of and symptoms?' these three areas, social skills, behavior and language should serve as a guideline for further inspection. If you answered 'yes', to nearly all of these questions, more in depth study could be in order. Be encouraged though, there have been many significant discoveries recently about this condition and plenty of help is readily available.

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