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What symptoms should parents look for if they they think their child might have autism? Dr. Michael Morrier, Assistant Director of the Emory Autism Center, describes some of the most common symptoms and ways parents can gauge whether there child needs to be tested for autism. Background The Emory Autism Center is a component of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine. The program was opened in 1991 as a public, private and University collaboration. Since opening, the Emory Autism Center has become a national model for diagnosis, family support and innovative treatment, as well as a vital source of professional training. Emory Autism Center www.psychiatry.emory.edu Related Articles "The autism family album" Emory Health magazine, Spring 2009 whsc.emory.edu

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I have been told i should get my 3 year old son tested for autism. What should I do? And what are some of the signs for it?

at one point the doctor suggested autism but she is no longer showing those other signs, what I am concerned about is that pretty much all the time she acts like a little adult, she saw I was busy today hanging drywall and changed her 8 mo old brothers diaper and did a fine job, she can get a bowl of cereal and clean up the mess after, work our tv and dvd that I cant even figure out, spends her days reading and doing puzzles and playing similar to the way a grown up would with her brother, I cant get her to play like you know dolls or kitchen or anything she seems to have well outgrown that stuff, she knows her colors, can pick out some words when I ask where they are on the page and I worry that I have done something wrong and she wont have a good childhood, when she was about 14 mo or so I went into preterm labor and she seemed to become totally different, all I could do was read and stuff laying with her so now she continues to only do those things how to get her to be a lil girl???

There was a point, about 1 year ago when she had turned 2, when we were watching an m&m commercial, and the m&m characters were talking to each other. She asked the first time: "Mommy, what were those m&ms saying?" I never heard what they said, and haven't seen that commercial since, so I told her I didn't know what they were saying.
For the past YEAR, she asks, at least 5x per day, "Mommy, what were those m&m's saying? What were they saying? What they were saying?", and sometimes she adds onto the question to include recent characters she has seen, (ie: "And what were those fishies on my sippy cup saying, and what was mickey mouse saying...." and on and on.)
She goes to the extent of interrupting me to ask this question when I am on the phone, or talking to anyone.
She is extremely intelligent. She learned the names and locations of over 50 countries on the globe at 22 months, for one example.
She has also developed her own language, (she has been brought up in a bi-lingual household...she has grasped English, but is like any other kid when it comes to speaking Spanish). She memorizes entire episodes of Little Bear, word for word.
Now for the answer part: When I answer her, I have to say: "I don't know, what were they saying?", and then she just says: "They said: " and she makes some nonsense word, or jumps around. There really is no answer. If I answer with just: "I don't know", she keeps asking the same question over and over again. It is absolutely driving me crazy. It seems like a totally useless exchange, but it must be important to her. I read to her all day...I talk to her all day...I just don't understand what is happening.
Other than this one thing, she seems completely normal. Is this a sign of autism? She carries on millions of normal conversations all day long.
Can anyone help me? I almost start crying every time she asks me, but I just answer the saaaaame way, all day long.

I am a student in college and I live with my aunt and uncle and they just had a baby. His first and second week home, he was great. Really quiet, really alert, and slept like a rock. On the third week, he had a urinary tract infection and he was in the hospital for a week getting poked and tested over and over. After that, he was a changed baby. Now, he has trouble sleeping, and naps about one hour and then wakes up really really cranky and always looks angsty. It's really frustrating sometimes because my aunt becomes overwhelmed and cries because she doesn't know what to do; and often is just restless. The baby is also restless and cries for about an hour every night; red in the face, tears all over, and his voice gets hoarse; before he goes to sleep. He sleeps pretty well throughout the night and does well in the day, with an ocassional fussiness episode between the hours of 12pm-2pm. Lately we notice that he looks at the ceiling a lot. He laughs all the time, and coos with us and at us. He was a full term baby and is extremely alert for his age. He likes to watch tv and cartoons, and we think its because the colors catch his attention. Last night he was up for about 2 hours crying and crying and finally caught his sleep but woke up about 10 minutes later and cried some more and then slept about 3 hours straight. His nightly sleep pattern is strange and worries us. Today we were at my grandmas and he was staring at the ceiling fan, and my mom said "Don't let him stare at it!" and I asked her why and she said that fixation on ceiling fans are often a sign of autism. It really worried me. I didn't tell me aunt but it's had me thinking a lot. My mom is a physical therapist so I trust her judgement, but she said all in all we have nothing to worry about because he's too young and interacts with us. Today he was also looking at the ceiling again and bursted out in laughter and cooed a few times. At our house, he lays down for a bit, but then gets frustrated and starts moving around a lot and whining. Today at my grandma's we layed him down and he was fine; smiling, cooing, and staring at everyone. Can anyone tell me what they think it is. He has a very very hard time going to sleep? Anyone with experience about this.

I am a student in college and I live with my aunt and uncle and they just had a baby. His first and second week home, he was great. Really quiet, really alert, and slept like a rock. On the third week, he had a urinary tract infection and he was in the hospital for a week getting poked and tested over and over. After that, he was a changed baby. Now, he has trouble sleeping, and naps about one hour and then wakes up really really cranky and always looks angsty. It's really frustrating sometimes because my aunt becomes overwhelmed and cries because she doesn't know what to do; and often is just restless. The baby is also restless and cries for about an hour every night; red in the face, tears all over, and his voice gets hoarse; before he goes to sleep. He sleeps pretty well throughout the night and does well in the day, with an ocassional fussiness episode between the hours of 12pm-2pm. Lately we notice that he looks at the ceiling a lot. He laughs all the time, and coos with us and at us. He was a full term baby and is extremely alert for his age. He likes to watch tv and cartoons, and we think its because the colors catch his attention. Last night he was up for about 2 hours crying and crying and finally caught his sleep but woke up about 10 minutes later and cried some more and then slept about 3 hours straight. His nightly sleep pattern is strange and worries us. Today we were at my grandmas and he was staring at the ceiling fan. I've heard It really worried me. I didn't tell me aunt but it's had me thinking a lot . I know staring at ceiling fans is a sign of autism but should we be worried. My mom does physical and occupational therapy and said sometimes they recommend buying babys caps to keep them from staring up too much; and that exercises for the babys could include: laying them on their stomach and talking to them while playing with bright colored toys. Today he was also looking at the ceiling again and bursted out in laughter and cooed a few times. At our house, he lays down for a bit, but then gets frustrated and starts moving around a lot and whining. Today at my grandma's we layed him down and he was fine; smiling, cooing, and staring at everyone. Can anyone tell me what they think it is. He has a very very hard time going to sleep? Sometimes he cries for an hour straight, and all we do is rock him, try to change positions and nothing helps. We give him baths or wipe him down with wet clothes. The room is always cool for him. Lately he's also been throwing up a bit of milk and it looks clotted. What do we do?

I have a 2 year old daughter, she doesn't talk much, she only has a few words, but shes getting to know more. I have her in a speech class, we go once a week, and we are working on sign language... But my question is, I just got a letter or an invation in the mail, asking me to come to a meeting for special needs children, and children with autism.... They never said she had autism... She's really not hyper, I always thought she was more relaxed than anything, she has her days, she gets mad, but what child doesn't? She can sit down and do a 4 puzzles at once, put on her own shoes, and socks, not always on the right foot, she can run, go upstairs by herself, feed herself, so her gross and fine motor skills are great, Her speech "people" told me that, she just isn't talking as much as she should be.... What is going on here? In advance, thank you so much for your answers.

I think it would depend on the Situation, if a hearing kid is a CODA, the deaf parents don’t feel comfortable about sending the kids to hearing school than maybe they can send the hearing kids to the deaf school. if a hearing kid wanted to get deeper with deaf world and learn more about deaf people because they had a plan that major in helping other deaf people like an interpreter or a teacher for deaf kids in the future, than maybe. but the deaf schools should mostly be reserved for deaf kids. also kids with autism who mostly uses sign language for speaking, maybe could go to a deaf school but it would depend though.

My cousin has a boy that will be 2 at the end of this month. He has yet to say his first word. He is smart otherwise, but there are some warning signs of autism. I dont want to offend her by telling this to her in the case that he is just slow to speak.
She also is thinking about having another child.
Do I remain quiet despite my concerns? I dont think she should have another child untill she 1) makes sure child #1 is oaky 2) Get married to the father and 3) Gets more then a one bedroom apt in Brooklyn.
The marriage thing in none of my business, but Shes like a sister. I really care about her and her family.

she is very smart gets good reviews from teacher at nursery school. she is a normal 4 yr old, runs jumps plays, has best friends. My daughters father (who i split up with b4 she was born) recently started obsessing over her occasional walking on her toes. he goes so far as to punish her when she does it, and is taking her to a specialist about it. i'm trying to tell him to get a grip! i almost never see her walking on her toes. when she is, she's usually pretending to be a pretty pretty princess or something. she did take ballet last summer and there was toe walking in that, but day to day she walks just fine. i asked her doctor about it when she first learned to walk and he said if she could walk normally then she was fine. she almost never does it, and displays no other signs of autism or anything. my family doctor said theres nothing to worry about. what should i do about her father? im afraid that his obsessing about it is giving her a complex. or maybe now she is doin it for spite

My son is 6 and half months old and doesnt really laugh. He has laughed before, and he smiles all the time but he has never really cracked up at anything. and he'll go like days without laughing even a chuckle. I'm a new mother so i have nothing to compare this to. Is this normal? Maybe he just doesnt think anythings that funny. me and my husband laugh all the time so its not like hes not exposed to a heartful belly laugh. The only reason why i'm concerned, and probably being paranoid is if im not wrong its one of the first signs of autism. Thanks for all your help

My son is speech delayed "as in hardly NO words, we are seeing progress though!" and was told since he likes to spin "which is only when he hears music and it also involved dancing as well" that he has a chance of being on the spectrum. He also loves to line his toys up, but over all his toy of choice is building toys so lining them up, building them up etc..is just something he has always loved to do.
I went o my MIL's yesterday where his cousin of the same age was there "AGE 2" & He was rolling a car like any normal child you would see, well my son likes to throw cars I really don't think I have ever seen him "Roll one" like you would normally see. He loves to make things crash, throw them, he will take two toys and throw them together or just throw them period. I mean I feel otherwise he uses other toys normally, he stacks blocks, he tries to put the puzzle pieces back where they go, he can sit and look at a book for a good amount of time flipping pages, He puts his change he finds or we give him in his piggy bank, He uses a shape sorter normally, He does like the cars that have the buttons on the top so he can hear the noise it makes...like an ambulance for instance. Idk, I have always read that children who can't play with a toy as a whole might have aproblem and could poss be a sign of autism or other things.
He knows what I am talking about, knows what I ask of him, He is GREAT at problem solving with things, He learns quickly & over all I feel he is a normal child who is speech delayed.
No he's not fascinated or fixed on things like spinning wheels, yes he will spin a wheel like on his dads bike if its upside down and laugh then he's on to the next thing. His attention span is normal for his age, he makes eye contact and sometimes he moves my head so when He hugs me he wants me to look him in the eyes, he will smile at me wait for my reaction "which is a smile back" hug me go mmm then walk away.
He has always been a "Shy" Child, but here recently he has even over come that & is making great strides since I have been getting him out more with kids his age, and other adults. He plays with children well I think, he is wary of adults..But hey that is a good thing right?! He still will look at them and watch them but is wary of them, and I can tell is wondering who the heck are you?! lol
What else should I really be looking for? I know children on the spectrum vary so much and I do NOT want to be one of those parents in denial, I want to be able to notice REAL signs when I see them.
Thanks.

I feel like all alone now. I feel like I'm not normal. I feel very depressed. I had a hole-like scar in my forehead and I regularly hide it with my bangs whenever I go out especially in school. Since I was in first year college my hairstyle didn't change until one of my classmates teased me about my bangs. He found out that I had a scar on my forehead. Maybe he told some of our college friends (he is also my friend-- part of the group) that I had a scar that I am hiding long before. From that time, some of my close friends started teasing me (not actually teasing in words but an attempt to touch my hair and disarrange it-- something like that) and I feel very humiliated whenever they do it. Since from that moment, fears and worries triggered my mind and I felt very very down. I started self-pitying though I don't do it cause I'm a somewhat positive person. I'm very active and energetic to achieve competence since from the moment I entered college. But all went crashed in a sudden because of that particular instance. I cannot help myself and I started fantasizing things thinking solutions that are not real (like miracles-- silly, isn't it?) I usually hang out with my friends but it went over since from that moment. I do things on my own not like before. I am afraid to go to school. I always hide myself and felt threatened whenever there is someone (in school) who knows me sees me. I constantly evade them. I'm really out of the group and I felt rejected. I cry constantly and felt helpless. It seems that scar on my forehead brought much psychological and emotional storm on me though I thought it just a small problem. Because of that, it seems that I had already a social phobia and maybe anxiety disorder. I'm constantly depressed almost everyday. I felt really really helpless and it's ruining my life. Perhaps, I thought that there is no problem with my scar (I planned to have a surgery) but on my emotional and psychological aspect. I know I'm weak emotionally and I think there are so many disorders in my mind. My friend teases me that I had signs of autism but I don't my it. They just don't understand me. Please help me cause I'm afraid to go to school now. I'm alone, very lonely. advice or self-help books could help.

I am an adminstrator of a private regular preschool. Before enrollment, our parents are given preschool readiness checklist. Everything sbout the child looks good until developmental delays and autism are discovered mid school year. Now we have several preschoolers with autism and our school can only accommodate one CSN per class. What do I do? How do I inform the parents of the limited accommodations? Do I disneroll?

I'm 15 and i'm going to be babysitting for spring break and all of summer! It really sucks but I don't know what kind of stuff to do with the kids they are all diiferent ages except for two. There are two girls that are 7 and 11, sisters, and ther is one boy that is 7! It's easy to tend to the girls, because i'm a girl I know what girls do for fun but it's the bot that i'm worried about I don't want him to feel that he is left out! He is A.D.D and A.D.H.D and he has some signs of Autism. I have watched them before but not like day after day like i'm going to be! What should I do? Someone PLEASE HELP ME!

A friend and Ihave been babysitting a boy for the past week and are going to be babysitting him next week. He's 4-years-old and is showing obvious signs of autism. I have alot of experience with autism...I worked with an autistic boy for a year and a half (twice a week...working on social and speech skills). I am positive that something is not right with this little boy. My friend has noticed it too. But his mother seems to be ignoring it or making excuses for it..as if she is in denial. Should my friend and I say something to her? Should we tell her we are concerned?

Do you believe folks in with autism or Asperger's Syndrome should serve in the armed forces? Do you think that would be a wise choice or do you think that would be a death trap? Please explain why or why not.

hi, im 16 years old...and i only have one friend. I met him a year ago, and last week, he started having some kind of "panic attacks" he has always been fine... he talks, and he can walk, and understand everything you say to him. He is 17 , his parents just told me "not to leave him please" cause I'm the only one who understands him, sometimes, he only talks to me.
I'm worried about him, he is my best friend, i dont care if he is autistic... i really take care of him.
What can I do? his mds dont work anymore... his parents are scared too.... I've tried to talk about this with him.. but he says that he wants to escape, to go to another city with me, where he can be free. I told him, this couldnt happen, but he doesnt care.... he has "our" plans to escape in mind... i wont escape of course... but he is very shure of what he is doing, he thinks that this panic attacks are happening because they are signs... he couldnt explain this to me, he cant talk so good. HELP! WHAT CAN I DO??

I have 20 month old baby boy who as far back as October had a 12 word vocabulary. He does not say any more words, just babbling. He does not repeat anything. No mama or dada anymore. He always smiles, laughs, loves to play with other kids. I took him to our ped and she sent me for hearing test which he passed. The ped says he shows no signs of autism but could benefit with speech therapy. I called a program run through State of NJ called "Early Intervention" to see if I could arrange speech therapy. Now a team is coming here next week and another team the following day. I am being sent tons of paperwork and I have to give them all financial information as they do not take insurance and they will tell me what to pay. He will be evaluated by all differant therapists. I'm worried they will find things wrong that are not wrong. I just wanted to take him somewhere for speech therapy. Maybe I am being paranoid and should just give it a chance.

I had an interview at a volunteering centre and I was offered a position at an autism summer camp, I have no prior experience working with children but I am a unversity student planning to continue my education in the field of healthcare, should I take this position? Will it be helpful for me in applying to professional healthcare programs like physical therapy?

My 5 1/2 week old son doesnt really look at me all that much. When I try to make a sound or talk to him to get him to turn his head....he doesnt. I'm afraid of autism and I know in older children this is one of the signs. Am I worried for nothing? Is he just to young to follow sight and sound yet? Many thanks from a worried mom!

My son is 16 months old and only says Mama and Dada...when he wants to. He has absolutely no signs of autism. He makes wonderful and completely normal eye contact and gestures like a pro. He has no problem getting his point across without words; for example, today, I gave him a Gerber fruit strip and 5 minutes later, he had dug the wrapper out of the trash can and brought it to me and then gestured at the pantry for another one. Like I said, he gets his point across, but I am starting to worry a little. He brings me books and listens to the stories and I go over words with him all the time everyday. Is there anything else I could be doing? I would appreciate any advice. Thanks so much!

Symptoms show that
-The people find it easier to talk to people and make friends on the internet
- They have difficulty with social interaction
- They show signs of being emotionally negative and depressed
and
-They display a lack of agreeableness . . .
Does this ring a bell ? , or remind you of SOMEONE in particular?
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for the past few days she has been rocking, hard! we were sitting on my bed & i had to put a pillow behind her or she was gonna smash her head. i was talking to a co-worker & she said she didn't want to worry me, but it's a sign of autism (her son has it). she said Zaria (my baby) seems fine & not to worry, she is very social & interacts with everyone. so i googled it, & it said it could be sensory issues, do i need to be worried, is rocking normal for a baby? help! i am freaking out!

a friend who is really worried because his child says mama but has stopped saying it. he does not make eye contact and hits his mom and throws things. He does not like to eat, and he doesn't like cuddling. can it be autism? please if somebody could help. or tell me the signs of autism or something like that.

My sister makes everything look like some kind of crime. I tell her something that she doesn't agree with, she hits me, runs over to my mother and make it look like I assaulted her or something. She always wants to be in the conversation and will cry and scream to get into the converstaion my mother and I are having. When I tell my mother of her rude behaviors, she pulls out the Autism card and says it isn't her fault....She has the most mild case of it, and the only sign is that she cannot handle certain noices...for example. If I put on a movie that isn't a cartoon, she'll scream, yell, whatever! If it's a cartoon with the same ACTOR's voice then she'll be having fun...I also put my tv up to like 20/100 volume and my sister will get upset, yet she'll act like a hypocrite and turn it up to the max in her room! Please I need her to stop acting like a brat! Also she's 11...

Right now we live in Maine and the schools are terrible. We have 2 children with autism and one without. We are in search of a state that has good autism programs, schools, and where the state will cover the therapy costs (i.e. a ketie beckett program). I also would like the state to have long term care facilities for older children/adults with autism should we ever need them in the future.
A thriving job economy would be good too, my husband is a network engineer and would need to be able to find a job asap.
Any help is appricitated!

My Son just turned 1 and I know I shouldn't be but, I'm worried about my son Having Autism. I'm not fanatical about it but, I try and stay up to date on all new information as well as different diseases, BPA Info..etc..
Anyway my question is my son just turned 1, and he is starting to stack well not stack..Line things up.
It started a couple weeks ago he would just line things up no particular order. Now he will line shampoo/conditioner bottles up by style of bottle and color.
My Son has ALWAYS been ahead or right on the dot with everything. He isn't walking yet but, I'm just nervous. We have never had anyone in either of our families with these kinda of conditions, but my mothers side of the family has always had nerve problems/OCD and other problems, panic attacks..etc..."most likely other problems that were misdiagnosed, or not diagnosed at all"...
I've always been a stay at home mom so he is attached to me, when he was younger he didn't like hardly anyone but me and the close people he knew. Hes starting to really come out of his shell now, I'm not sure if thats anything related.
Doesn't have a violent temper at least I don't think, He does get mad but not tantrum mean brat mad.
Should I be worried? am I Over reacting with the lining up of things?
He's always been interested in how small things work, and wants to take things apart....

Do you think the principal saying. so and so has autism and that's all the info except go look at the IEP if you are so inclined.

My nephew shows signs of being on the autistic spectrum. His parents are oblivious and make excuses for his behavior. Should I talk with them about my concerns or let his teachers do it? I don't know how to bring it up.

Let me expaine more. I have a 3 1/2 year old son who started to display signs of autism about 1 1/2 years ago. I took him to the doctors and the doctor didnt seem to care. at 2 1/2 he wasnt talking, he always wanted to be on his own and would hide in the corner of the room, he would not make eye contact with you and he displayed many other symptoms. The doctor just said he was going through a faise and would grow out of it and would catch up with his speach and told me not to worry. I was worried so I spoke to the health visitor and she took it more seriously and at the end of last year she refered him for speach theropy. As soon as the speach theropist saw him, she said there was defernatly a problem and that she felt that he was on the autistic spectrum. My son started school in the nursrey class last January. They found him very dificult to look after and I started to have many problems with the school. They almost refused to let him go . because he wouldnt do what he was told as

I am a student teacher and I would really like some information regarding children with autism and how I can support them in their educational development.
What would you say were the most important things that I should know?

I became concerned about the development of my future step-daughter when she was around 6 months old. There were some things that my son, who is two months older, was doing that she wasn't. Her name is Kiera and she is now 15 months old. My son is 13 months old, and my son was crawling, babbling, and doing all the normal baby things while she was still not doing them. She also showed signs of being unresponsive to people or and would focus intently on one item to the exclusion of others for long periods of time. She fails to respond to their name and often avoid eye contact with other people. She also uses repetitive movements such as rocking and twirling, and sometimes uses self-abusive behavior such as biting or head-banging when she is upset about something. My son has started talking before and it has taken her over a month to become interested in copying some of the sounds that he was making. She can now say da-da, but will only make sing-song sounds. She did not start to smile until she turned 12 months. She is extra-sensitive to changes in a person's change in voice tone. She will cry if someone changes their tone of voice if they are saying something to her brother, eventhough her brother and that person are in another room. She is also obsessed with pointing at things or touching things with either her thumb or middle finger, and it will be with either hand. She will also concentrate for five minutes, or longer, on touching her middle finger of one hand to the thumb of the other hand and twisting the fingers back and forth. Could these be the signs of autism or another form of mental disabilities?

There are many tells of this disorder, odd speech, odd motions, keeping or distancing ones self all of which my son at a year old does. he has extreme detatchment issues with me in particluar. I try to give him on the floor play by yourself time and he still has to be stuck to me. I'm lucky if i can put him down long enough to do the dishes. what would you recommend me to do.

I've looked it up of course but would like some views from other parents with autistic children. What other signs should I be looking for?

Would you be interested in finding if there is a relationship between paternal age and autism currently in the US? What specific questions do you want answered? Do you want pre-natal testing worked on?