| Autism is the most complex and confusing | | | | several instances as early as a year and half. If |
| disorder to diagnose. No other disorder has more | | | | you suspect that your child might be affected by |
| myths and misconceptions surrounding it than | | | | autism, you need to closely pay attention to |
| autism. It manifests itself right after a child is born. | | | | autism symptoms. The earlier autism symptoms |
| Autism symptoms have different difficulty levels | | | | are spotted the better, because the damage |
| and may range from mild forms to severe cases. | | | | dealt by autism can be controlled sooner. |
| There are also quite a number of autism | | | | Children that are affected by autism that receive |
| symptoms and they are really hard to determine | | | | the proper treatment, special care and attention, |
| and recognize. As of the moment, there is no | | | | have less chances to develop severe forms the |
| known cause and cure for autism, and the | | | | disorder. It is so important for parents that notice |
| treatments are less effective as the child | | | | something unusual in their child's behavior to be |
| suffering from it ages. | | | | aware, understand and keep track of all the |
| Parents are most often than not the first to | | | | autism symptoms with the help of an autism |
| notice their child's uncommon behaviors. There are | | | | symptoms checklist. It is advisable for parents to |
| some cases where a baby already seems | | | | always have an autism symptoms checklist handy |
| "special" from birth, unresponsive or just happily | | | | to verify if your child shows any of the |
| fixated on one thing for unusually long periods of | | | | symptoms, especially if your child is less than two |
| time. Early autism symptoms can also manifest in | | | | years old. |
| children who appear to be normally developing. | | | | Let us all hope that, in the near future, experts |
| When out of the blue a very responsive, playful, | | | | can find a treatment for autism. Until then, we |
| and talkative child becomes very silent, reserved, | | | | would need to find out if our child is autistic as |
| and suddenly doesn't want to interact with | | | | early as possible, so that we can provide them |
| anybody, something is not right. | | | | with the best treatments available. Making |
| Early intervention is vital to obtain the best results | | | | yourself aware of the different symptoms of |
| in children with autism, so early diagnosis is | | | | autism is the key to giving an autistic child a |
| extremely crucial, too. Autism can often be | | | | better chance to have a better life. |
| identified reliably by the age of three, but in | | | | |