| Autism cannot be described in one single | | | | other hand, has to depend on the careful |
| statement because it involves the thought | | | | observation of the changing behavior of the child |
| process, the perception and the attention level of | | | | regarding social interaction and allied |
| an autistic child. When you watch such a child for | | | | communication ability of the affected individual. It |
| a reasonable time span, you will realize the | | | | is never judged by one single characteristic of |
| seriousness of the wide range of disorders. The | | | | changed behavioral pattern, but on the cumulative |
| characteristics of behaviors change from one | | | | of several alterations in attitudes and reactions of |
| situation to another and also on the severity of | | | | the autistic child. This includes the change in eating |
| the disorder and specifically with the change in the | | | | habits, which suffer marked deviation from the |
| age of the child. | | | | usual pattern when it is monitored minutely. It |
| The medical world has its own parameters to | | | | may not be a very common trait in all the autistic |
| judge different levels of symptoms and their | | | | children, but certainly it is seen among many such |
| manifestations in an autistic child for effective | | | | children. |
| diagnosis of the disorder. A common man, on the | | | | |