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Autism Symptoms

Posted by Health articles on November 12th, 2009

This article looks closely at five peculiar or common signs of classic autism, which distinguishes it from other pervasive developmental disorders. Take the time to read it and you will surely learn a thing or two that you previously didn’t, about autism.

1.  When your child doesn’t show any signs of wanting to make friends with other people, even kids their age. As they grow up, in fact, they often never develop even the most basic relationships with their family and other loved ones.

2.  A lot of autistic patients tend to demonstrate a penchant for repetitive and stereotypical language. Often, they would even insist on using their pronouns the wrong way, however much you try to teach them otherwise; oftentimes using the second or third person to refer to himself or herself.

3.  If you already know that your child is autistic, you should not be surprised to find them absorbed, as it were, with certain specific objects or subjects within their vicinity. They could hold on to a toy for no apparent reason and refuse to let go, or they may just appreciate a special holiday in a way that you find hard to grasp.

4.  The strangest symptom you may see on an autistic child is when they tend to line things up. Usually they would pick up the toys you give them or something else and just line them up on the ground the same way they did yesterday and the same way they are likely to do tomorrow.

5.  If you ask me, the most remarkable symptom about a child who suffers from autism is their savant skills. They often display a mysterious and uncommon ability that you don’t find in a lot of other people, usually in the arts or sciences, making you wonder if there really is some super intelligence in there somewhere. There just might be.