My Son Autism Spectrum Disorder's (ASD's) Symptoms

        My son, Sean, was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), he is now 2 years 6 months old. Please read my previous post here. Sean ASD's symptoms including; 

• Delay in speech - no meaningful words, he pulls our hands if he needs something 
• Less eye contact - avoid eye contact when we talk to him 
• Appears to be deaf at times - ignores when call him by his name 
• Hyperactive - never sits still even for a second 
• Hand or arm flapping - repetitive movement 
• Body spinning with black eyes roll to the corner of the eyes 
• Rolling eyes, looking at things from the corners of the eyes 
• Head-shaking to the left and right repeatedly 
• Headbanging on walls or floors or headbutting people 
• Lining up objects/toys - the same shapes or colors
• Frequently walking on tiptoes 
• No fear of strangers 
• Obviously large head size in comparison to body 
• Does not point or otherwise gesture for object 
• Difficulty with transitions and/or new things 
• Shows sensory issues to texture such as blankets, clothes, pillow 
• Show sensory issues by chewing objects such as pacifier, paper, clothes, rubber, plastics etc 
• Licking on cold surface such as soft drink can, steel etc 
• Licking on his own body (arm) when apply soup while bathing 
• Obsession towards spinning objects such as wheel, fan 
• Insists on sameness or resistant to change - refuse to change his daily meal, only eat crunchy food with cracking sound in his mouth such as, biscuit crackers, keropok. 
• Excessive laughing for no apparent reason - suddenly laugh so hard for no reason 
• Continued resistance to toilet training 
• Makes frequent loud noises or shrills and chirps 
• Wringing of hands or rocking behavior 

        According to today's research, people believe that Autism affects boys 3 to 4 times more often than girls. Here are some Autism Spectrum Disorder checklist warning for your little one ---> http://recoveredfromautism.blogspot.com/2007/05/autism-spectrum-disorder-warning-signs.html


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