how do you know for sure what r the symptoms? or the signs to know because he spends all lot of time to hisself or with me

[dee540]

i have a son that spends a lot of time to his self or with me so haw do u know the signs?

[RochelleFS]

How old is your son? Do you have any other concerns or behavior issues?

[culinaryqueen]

My son had repetitive rocking between the age of 1 and 2 so I mentioned this to his doctor and she began to ask me questions regarding the rocking  and told me that she wanted us to take him to see a Pediatric Neurologist that she was recommending.

[Anthony742]

There are differant signs, if your child has autism. Like my son has autism  he spins his self around and runs arund in circles. He likes to watch movies by himself in his room door closes.

[ROGUEM]

 Your son does not have to have all of these traits (very few children show all of these), but if he exhibits more than a few I would be concerned enough to get him tested.

Some autistic traits could include:

• Scatter/splinter skills of abilities –
  • such as poor gross motor or fine motor skills and the ability to read at a very young age
• Oversensitive or under sensitive to pain
• Desire for the same daily schedule, toys, type of clothes or an insistent on “sameness”
• Repeating words, phrases in place of typical language or conversation (This is known as echolalia)
• Much difficulty expressing needs – they may use pointing, gestures versus words, or tantrums
• Finding situations funny or laughing at times when it is inappropriate (i.e., laughing at a baby crying.)
• Activity is noticeably under active or over active
• Excessive or frequent tantrums
• Can be aggressive or self injurious
• Prefers to be alone – may have social skills deficits
• Autistics can act deaf or be non responsive to verbal cues
• Odd play such as; spinning objects, or using toys for something besides there their intended purpose or using an odd attraction to an item that is inappropriate for age
• Non existent or poor eye contact
• Non responsive to typical teaching methods
• May respond negatively to crowds or not able to mix well with others
• Difficulty with holding a conversation
• May not like hugs, or to be cuddled.
• Sensitivity to loud noises, tags in clothes, coarse clothing, lights, and smells
• Frequently uses peripheral vision to track items (e.g., rolling car along countertop at eye-level)
• Highly self-limited diet (narrow down foods they’ll eat to a very limited few items when previously a broader range was accepted (e.g., bread, chicken nuggets, cheese, milk, and crackers – period.)
• A high amount of severe food allergies
• History of chronic ear infections as an infant
• Severe gastro-intestinal issues; chronic loose and/or foul-smelling stools.
• Lack of imaginative play or imitation.