Tips to Recognize Autistic Behavior in Children Through Behavioral Patterns

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Oct 4, 2010
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 Tips to Recognize Autistic Behavior in Children Through Behavioral Patterns
  As psychology defines it, autism is the "abnormal absorption with timberland uk the self, marked by communication disorders and short attention span and inability to treat others as people". Autism in kids is not visible before 3 years of age. Surprisingly, most of the time parents remain unaware that their child is autistic because the symptoms begin to show at a later age. According to surveys, only 1 out of 150 children are autistic.

Here are few tips to diagnose autism based on behavioral changes in children:

Inability to Communicate - Let's say you have a 3 year-old child, unlike other children of the same age, your child finds it difficult to communicate or does not seem to understand what people are telling him. For autistic children, their perception of language is different and they view the world differently. They are sensitive to noise as well. They may not be able comprehend what people are saying in close contact with them, but they are sensitive enough to hear distinctly a frail sound coming from a distant place. It is a sign of autism when a child is unable to communicate.
  Social Skills - Most of the time, autistic children are unsocial. Of course, there are exceptions too. For instance, it is easy to spot an autistic kid in a room full of people. How? You will usually find him sitting alone at the corner, barely talking to anybody and living in his own world of imagination.
  Lack of Interest - Autistic children do not understand games or interests that other 'normal' children of the same age do. By 'normal' children we do not imply that autistic kids are 'abnormal'; they are slightly different. Common interests, activities, hobbies and others do not interest autistic kids because they simply cannot comprehend them.
  Educational Fallacy - For autistic children, studying or let's say to begin with learning alphabets and numbers is very difficult because of the same reason that is, lack of understanding and mens timberland boots comprehension. Or let's say, their mode of understanding is different from how other children would understand. For instance, autistic children will mix up 'B' and 'D' and '6' and '9' because they cannot identify the difference.

In an autistic kid's life, the role of parents is huge. They need to have the perseverance to teach the kid each and everything from scratch and most importantly, support him with love and care.

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