Autism signs 'present in first months' of life

[xchrom]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24837462


Eye tracking experiments were used to detect signs of autism

Autism can be identified in babies as young as two months, early research suggests.

US researchers analysed how infants looked at faces from birth to the age of three.

They found children later diagnosed with autism had shown diminished eye contact - a hallmark of autism - in the first few months of life.

The findings, reported in Nature, raised hope for early interventions to tackle autism, said a UK expert.

[Happyhippychick]

1. It also presents from birth in low muscle tone, high moro reflex, and constipation.

Sometimes I think I'm way ahead of the trend.

[nashville_brook]

2. so many families my age have autistic spectrum kids, and I bet they'd

agree that they felt something different about quality of interaction when their kids were babies.

[Warpy]

3. And yet there are a lot of parents out there who don't notice a thing

until the kid is 12 months old and ready for that first MMR jab. Some are so deeply in denial that they don't notice until the kid is ready for kindergarten--or beyond.

There has to be an objective test at some point so parents stop blaming themselves or blaming vaccinations for something that was present at birth.

[phylny]

4. Many times, there are motor differences as well.

Babies who roll over or crawl in an atypical way may have autism. In addition, babies who don't respond to their names always worry me.

[kickysnana]

5. For what it is worth...

some people only use nicknames for their kids that are not shared. If the kid is only called Bubba at home he won't respond to William, Bill or Billy.

[phylny]

6. You're right, but when I do an evaluation for Early Intervention,

not only do I ask the parents what name they use for their child, I have the parents themselves call the child's name. If the child doesn't respond, it's a very big concern.

[kickysnana]

7. Glad to hear it.

Not trying to tell you your business, what you do is close to being an angel because it is hard to need, ask for and accept help as a child and for your child.

FYI When as the oldest girl I hit the mean 12 months of 13/14 and ended up being sent to counseling by mutual consent. (It didn't help that Kennedy was assassinated during that time.) I was asked to draw our house and I drew our house with a section with a flat roof and a fence. The counselor told my folks that it meant I felt "fenced in". My Dad replied that we did indeed have a decorative fence over our breezeway which gave me just enough leverage to opt out of treatment, which would have helped. However I did of course turn 15 and leave mean girl behind but I thought myself defective until I was an adult and realized that it was a phase many young teens hit, grappled with and left behind. That said, I skipped the young 20's not listening at all to my folks which I went through with my own boys, because of the guilt I felt for that year of being hell on sneakers. I was just hoping to help you help some other kid who needs help now.