Signs And Symptoms Of Autism
Autism, which affects thought, perception and attention, has a long list of signs and symptoms. It is not just one disorder with a well defined set of symptoms; autism affect individuals differently, with each affected person express his or her own combination of symptoms and signs.
That being said, however, there are three distinctive features that being identified to be associated with autism: impairment in social interaction, problems with verbal and nonverbal communication, and the presence of repetitive and restricted patterns of behavior, interests, and activities. All people with autism have abnormal functioning in these 3 core areas of development with their behaviors impact range from mild to severe. .
Social Interaction
Symptoms may include:
• Significant problems developing nonverbal communication skills, such as eye-to-eye gazing, facial expressions, and body posture.
• Appears not to hear you at times
• Lack of awareness of feelings of others and the expression of emotions, such as laughing or crying
• Remaining aloof, preferring to be alone
• Difficulty interacting with other people and failure to make peer friendships
• Lack of or abnormal social play
• Fails to respond to his or her name
Verbal and Nonverbal Communication
Symptoms may include:
• Delay in, or lack of, learning to talk. As many as 50% of people with autism never speak.
• Does not make eye contact when making requests
• Speaks with an abnormal tone or rhythm — may use a singsong voice or robot-like speech
• Problems starting a conversation and have difficulties continuing a conversation once it has begun.
• May repeat words or phrases verbatim, but doesn’t understand how to use them
• Difficulty understanding their listener’s perspective.
Behaviour
Symptoms may include:
• Develops specific routines or rituals. For example, a child with autism may always need to eat bread before salad or insist on driving the same route every day to school.
• Becomes disturbed at the slightest change in routines or rituals
• May be fascinated by parts of an object, such as the spinning wheels of a toy car
• May be unusually sensitive to light, sound and touch and yet oblivious to pain
• Stereotyped behaviors. These may include body rocking and hand flapping.
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