| With the incidents of autism up 172% since the | | | | concerns that your infant has the ability to obtain |
| 1990s, parents are anxious to find out if their | | | | autism. |
| baby has a chance to acquire autism. Seven out | | | | At an even younger age, around the first year, if |
| of every ten thousand infants will develop autism | | | | your child does not say any words or even |
| within the first three years of life. The sad thing | | | | babble, then your concerns might be warranted |
| about the diagnosis of autism is that the | | | | for autism. Remember there are other disorders |
| symptoms are subtle to about one and half years | | | | out there that manifest themselves in the same |
| of age and most doctors and even parents are | | | | way, but the autistic aware parent should count |
| hard pressed to find what symptoms they should | | | | this as one of the major symptoms and should |
| worry about and what symptoms they should | | | | be concerned. If your child displays one or any of |
| ignore. Since the baby is developing so fast, the | | | | these characteristics, than you should take them |
| symptoms do not usually manifest themselves | | | | to a medical professional. Remember from the |
| until you see the baby regressing from the | | | | previous articless that doctors who are unfamiliar |
| speech and social skills they have learned so far. | | | | with autism will be hesitant to diagnose the |
| Remember that not one single behavior will point | | | | disorder. If you are not happy with the diagnoses |
| to autism, though a single symptom should not be | | | | of your doctor, take your child to a few more so |
| ignored. The diagnosis of autism is still largely | | | | you will have a clear conscious and a satisfied |
| undefined because the autistic child can acquire | | | | mind. |
| various degrees of the disorder. The first thing a | | | | Another thing is to watch your baby's body |
| parent should be aware of is loss of some speech | | | | language and expression of emotion. If you are |
| or behavior that has been learned and is now not | | | | warm and cuddly with your baby and your baby |
| demonstrated. For example is the words Daddy | | | | does not react the way you have seen other |
| or Mommy was in the vocabulary and for some | | | | babies, this could be a red flag for autism. |
| reason they are used less and less, the child may | | | | Observe other reactions such as severe stress |
| be loosing the brain function for memory and | | | | over loud noises or sudden moves. If you are |
| communication. If the words are dropped from | | | | talking to your baby and you get no response or |
| the vocabulary all together and no new words | | | | you wave your hands in front of your baby and |
| replace, it is time for concern. | | | | there is no eye contact or reaction, there is |
| Another subtle symptom that could or could not | | | | probably something wrong. Even if it is just a |
| be autism is the formation of two sentence | | | | feeling that you have, you need to seek medical |
| words by the second year of age. If a child | | | | attention so you can find out if your baby has |
| cannot for simple sentences like 'Daddy go' or | | | | autism or another disorder. There is no cure for |
| 'Mommy love' it come be that your child is | | | | autism, but an early diagnosis can not only add to |
| suffering from the onslaught of autism. This is not | | | | the base of knowledge about autism but at the |
| always the case though. Your child may have | | | | same time can help get your baby treatment as |
| another disability that deals with speech and | | | | soon as possible. An early detection can also set |
| language or a learning disability and autism should | | | | the parents up with consoling that they need to |
| not be considered the object of the speech | | | | learn how to raise an autistic child. |
| process, but is something to look at if you have | | | | |