| I wanted to talk to you about the symptoms of | | | | at them. When it comes autism, your child may |
| mild autism, so you can more easily identify them | | | | not look up. They may act like they didn't hear |
| in your life. Autism is a type of brain disorder that | | | | anything. It's also important to realize that autistic |
| affects a person's ability to communicate and | | | | children may pay attention, just not that often. |
| relate in this world. It's something that starts at | | | | Autism presents another type of symptom that |
| birth and lasts the entire life of the person. To this | | | | is a little different. They tend to do repetitive |
| date, there is no cure for this disorder, only | | | | things. A good way to identify this is when they |
| treatment to help improve on the shortcomings. | | | | talk. A lot of the time, they'll end up repeating the |
| The symptoms of autism don't usually show until | | | | same phrases over in a conversation. They might |
| 3 or 4 years of age and when it is mild, it is much | | | | have heard this phrase on television or in another |
| more difficult to notice. Surprisingly, children with a | | | | conversation, but if they're repeating things in a |
| mild case can have a very average IQ growing | | | | manner that seems a bit excessive that could be |
| up. Correcting the problems presented by autism, | | | | a symptom of mild autism. |
| parents need to be able to identify the | | | | Another big symptom has to do with their ability |
| symptoms of mild autism. | | | | to relate with others. From a very early age |
| Children that have this condition end up having a | | | | (within the first year of birth) a child has the ability |
| hard time initiating conversations and making long | | | | to pick up body language and properly react to it. |
| lasting friendships with others. It is important to | | | | If you smile at a baby, they'll probably smile back. |
| note that they sometimes do start conversations, | | | | An autistic child probably wouldn't reciprocate a |
| but they really have problems keeping the | | | | smile. In fact, they probably won't even give |
| conversation sustainable. It is important to note | | | | proper eye contact. If you notice that they're not |
| that this is very similar to the behavior of a child | | | | properly picking up on the body language of |
| that is shy. It is important to see that there are | | | | others, than there could be a problem. |
| multiple symptoms present, instead of just one. | | | | These are the symptoms of mild autism and it is |
| One of the big symptoms of mild autism is a | | | | good to look out for them because the earlier |
| child's inability to notice stimulus coming from an | | | | autism is diagnosed, the better the outcome. The |
| external source. If for example, a child was | | | | earlier the treatment starts, the more likely the |
| playing with their toys and someone came in the | | | | child will gain those skills that allow them to |
| room and said their name, they'd normally look up | | | | function in society as an adult. |