Autistic children - How do you know if a child is autistic?

I am not 100% sure on this subject at all, but I can offer a little advice at least. I know these types of children are usually extremely intelligent in one area, usually math, and can just rattle off facts like nothing to it. They usually don't have a good attention span and they are all over the place. Other than those things, I do not know too much more about that. Like I said, I know a little bit, but not enough to be an expert at it. Hope it helps a little bit!

i related your discuss, many problem coused autistic children, i observed in my place, autistic caused affraid to their parents

my experience from my close friends daughter. When she became 3, all of a sudden she stopped doing the normal things she would be doing. Then she got so out of control such as would literally be climbing the walls to get up to the cabinets.

Autism has such a wide spectrum and each child is different. However one of the traits is lack of social skills and eye contact. They have difficulty in responding and understanding social interactions with adults and peers. Your friend should take her child to be assessed. It could be an emotional and behavioural problem as well. She needs to seek professional help.

I to am not the best on this subject but can offer a little insight. I had a friend a few years back that had a severe autistic child. I currently have a friend who has a child with mild autism. What I have found out and notice is that autistic children tend to not like touch. They like repetitve activities (putting markers in taking markers out)sometime there eyes are not quite right. For example they are looking at you but not really looking at you. I also know that autistic children can be very hard to manage. I hope this helps.

ive been with autistic children before and i can say that most of them have similar physical features like the eyes and the alignment of the ears. as to behavior, they seem to have their own world, sometimes they tend to keep quiet but there are times when they are very active. when it comes to intelligence, they vary. there are some autistic children who are very intelligent and even excel in art and other things. they have also repeatitive behaviors. patience is really needed when caring for these children. they are really lovable and friendly once you understand them.

im not sure that i could tell you that the child seems autistic.. although autism is very "difficult" on a parent, and alot of autistic children demostrate some very "odd" behaviors it seems from what you say id look more closely along the lines of ADHD first, but also wouldnt rule out autism or anyof the other PDD spectrum disorders.. tell your friend that she should look up some things online to try to match characteristics but ask her doctor if he thinks the child's in need of a formal evaluation..

I can tell you that my son (who is 3, and is "high functioning" on the spectrum), has many moments where he is difficult to handle. Telling him no, yelling, ... you name it, and it seems like nothing makes a difference in terms of turning his behavior around. It's very frustrating. But to be quite honest, I don't know how much of this is the Autism, or his age? When my son was younger, and upset, nothing helped to soothe him. If I tried to comfort him, he would straighten himself up and stiffen up like a board. Or go limp, and fall to the ground. He does this less and less. I don't know why he does this.. But he is very affectionate, generally speaking. He loves to cuddle now. I can't say either way if your friend's child has Autism- there *could* be some red flags, but I don't think these things you mentioned are necessarily Autistic traits- perhaps the lack of wanting to be hugged or touched, but not necessarily the discipline part. Some kids just act out a lot. It's always good to address the issue with a doctor if there's concern. And to watch for other signs- delays with speech, other "odd" behaviors, etc.

We are having our 4 1/2 year old diagnosed. Its not easy to see Autism becasue most people know nothing about it. My child didn't speak at age 3 1/2 since an infant she would look at you mostly out of the corner at her eyes ahrdley right at you. I could write a book about life with my child an what is going on. Have you tried doing a search on Autism Spectrium? That may help you. One problem we have is in my aerea it is not easy to ahve soemone look at my child, they keep wnating to wait 6 month, try new things. It has been very frustrating. Finally I got 1 dr to say I should have more testing done. The best advice I can give you is keep learning. If your child does have Autism you will have nothing but problems getting soemone to understand and pay attention to you.

Autism is noticed usually by 2 to 21/2 years before that there may be a delay in speech and language which will be mostly a indicator that something is wrong, Autism is a spectrum disorder so each and every child will show different charachters, children with autism will not appear from their face to have any disability they usually look very nice so parents may miss the point, they will not poin tto things, they will usually take the adults hand and use that to point or demand something, it is more common in boys, they will not play with toys in an poopriate maaner, they may line toys in a row or turn the toy cars to look at the wheels or spin the wheels, they also will show hyperactive behavior, some may not sleep during the nights.

I can't relate to the autism child, but I don't think that the mother should make her child hug anyone. Not saying thats bad but if a child dosen't want to show affection for another person it shouldn't be forced, so they don't think they have to please someone just because they were told to.

autistic child is always acted like an early child,they do what they like to do,sometimes if you control him he will cry,and if you give what he likes he will happy,It so sad to hear that they will grow up not like a normal child,they need a special attention,Support and family care is needed if you have a child like autistic attitude.

treat as normal as possible you.

autisitic kids tends to be having their own world.. silent...not being with the crowd. Most of them are intelligent and exhibit patternd activites. They can be hyper sometimes or uncontrolable. try watching the movie mercury rising.