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What is Autism?
Autism is a rather complicated disorder which is neurological in nature and mainly affects the areas of the brain that relate to communication and social interaction.
The range of symptoms with Autism can vary greatly. It is a 'Spectrum Disorder' which means that some people can have very severe symptoms while others may have very mild symptoms and then there is a big range inbetween. So no two people with Autism are the same, the variances are quite large.
The symptoms of Autism
The symtpoms of this disorder can be broken down into three separate areas being:
- Communication and social symptoms
- Sensory and motor symptoms
- Personality symptoms.
Communication and Social Symptoms
These may include:
- Difficulty in differentiation between different tones of voice and difficulty understanding body language.
- Lack of eye contact
- Unusual speech patterns or delayed speech
- Don't have much expression in their tone of voice
- Find it hard to see things from other people's perspectives
- Find it hard communicating their feelings and find it hard to understand the feelings of others
- Are not that comfortable with close contact
- Often have trouble expressing their needs.
Sensory and Motor Symptoms
- Autistic people will often be overly sensitive to some stimulants such as bright lights or loud noises. They will often become very upset if there is a sound, light or other sensory stimulant that is irritating them.
- Often have trouble with fine motor skills and will seem very clumsy and un-coordinated. They will often have poor hand writing and may seem clumsy when playing sports or running.
Personality Symptoms
These symptoms may include:
- Have dificulty making friends and maintaining friendships
- Will prefer to do activities that have little verbal interaction on their part
- They may have rituals or repetitive behaviors
- May often become quite obsessive about one or a few interests that they are really passionate about
- Generally do not like to play 'make believe' games
- Are more interested in the things they like and not too interested in things that others are showing them
- Dislike any changes in their life and can become very upset if their routine is changed
- They like things to be done in a particular way.
With many Austistic children, they can start out developing skills at the normal rate and then lose those skills at a certain point. Due to the change in the development of skills and even a backward step, many have wondered wether immunizations could be the cause of Autism. There is much dispute over this and at this stage there is no scientific evidence to prove that immunizations can cause the disorder.
To find out more about Autism visit http://ourexceptionalkids.com/
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