Autism Is Love
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Awesome Website For Party Decorations
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Social Couture I thought I would share this neat lil site I found with all of you they have great party decorations and a fair price .. lots of colorful things to use for your party that your autistic child will love. Enjoy !! Happy Hunting
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Symptoms of Autism
- Impaired social interaction
- Not responding to name
- Not look at people
- Not smiling - note that normal newborns do not smile for several weeks
- Avoid eye contact
- Not liking cuddles
- Lack of imaginative play
- Lack of social play
- Inability to make friends
- Lack stranger anxiety - this develops within the first year.
- Lack separation anxiety - once this develops (first year), when mother departs normal infants are upset.
- Independence - doesn't seek help or interact with others.
- Plays alone
- Unprovoked attacks on others
- Verbal communication problems
- Inability to sustain conversation
- Appears deaf at times
- Language stereotyped
- Repetive language
- Unusual language
- Not talking - many autistic infants are mute, or become mute after initially making sounds.
- Echolalia - only parroting what they hear (many normal infants also do this).
- Confusing pronouns - mixing up "I", "you", and "we" or similar words.
- Nonverbal communication problems
- Obsessions
- Sensory symptoms
- Early symptoms of possible autism
- Regression - negative change from normal early development into impaired abilities; about 20% of cases have a regression
- Delayed development - slow to speak
- No babbling by 12 months
- No gesturing by 12 months
- No single words by 16 months
- No two-word phrases by 24 months
- Loss of language skills already acquired
- Loss of words
- Loss of social skills already acquired
- Tantrums
- Hyperactivity
- Savant abilities - rare gift of very unusual abilities in music, math or other areas
What Is Autism?
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What is autism?
Autism is a complex developmental disability that causes problems with social interaction and communication. Symptoms usually start before age three and can cause delays or problems in many different skills that develop from infancy to adulthood.
What are the Treatments For Autism?
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What are the treatments for autism?
There is no cure for autism, nor is there one single treatment for autism spectrum disorders. But there are ways to help minimize the symptoms of autism and to maximize learning.
- Behavioral therapy and other therapeutic options
- Behavior management therapy helps to reinforce wanted behaviors, and reduce unwanted behaviors. It is often based on Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA).
- Speech-language therapists can help people with autism improve their ability to communicate and interact with others.
- Occupational therapists can help people find ways to adjust tasks to match their needs and abilities.
- Physical therapists design activities and exercise to build motor control and improve posture and balance.
- Educational and/or school-based options
- Public schools are required to provide free, appropriate public education from age 3 through high school or age 21, whichever comes first.
- Typically, a team of people, including the parents, teachers, caregivers, school psychologists, and other child development specialists work together to design an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) to help guide the child’s school experiences.
- Medication options
- Currently there are no medications that can cure autism spectrum disorders or all of the symptoms. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not approved any medications specifically for the treatment of autism, but in many cases medication can treat some of the symptoms associated with autism.
- Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), tricyclics, psychoactive/anti-psychotics, stimulants, and anti-anxiety drugs are among the medications that a health care provider might use to treat symptoms of autism spectrum disorders.
- Secretin—a hormone that helps digestion—is not recommended as a treatment for autism.
What are the symptoms of autism?
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What are the symptoms of autism?
The main signs and symptoms of autism involve problems in the following areas:
- Communication - both verbal (spoken) and non-verbal (unspoken, such as pointing, eye contact, and smiling)
- Social - such as sharing emotions, understanding how others think and feel, and holding a conversation
- Routines or repetitive behaviors (also called stereotyped behaviors) - such as repeating words or actions, obsessively following routines or schedules, and playing in repetitive ways
There are many possible red flags for autism - behaviors that may be signs or symptoms of autism. Some features may mean a delay in one or more areas of development, while others may be more typical of autism spectrum disorders. If you think your child shows red flags for autism, talk to your health care provider.
Autism Every Day - 7 minute version
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This video was very helpful to me and if you are not familiar with what autism is or don't know how to recognize it this is a great insight to the hardships every family of an autistic child endures on a daily basis. Autism Everyday Click Here for Video
Stimming???
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This is a relatively new term to my vocabulary I never heard of this before until I did some more extensive research on autism and the symptoms of autism . This is the definition of
Stimming is a repetitive body movement that self-stimulates one or more senses in a regulated manner. Stimming is known in psychiatry as a "stereotypy", a continuous, purposeless movement.
Stimming is one of the symptoms listed by the DSM IV for autism, although it is observed in about 10 percent of non-autistic young children. Many autistics have no stims. Common forms of stimming among people with autism include hand flapping, body spinning or rocking, lining up or spinning toys or other objects, echolalia, perseveration, and repeating rote phrases. [1]
There are many theories about the function of stimming, and the reasons for its increased incidence in autistic people. For hyposensitive people, it may provide needed nervous system arousal, releasing beta-endorphins. For hypersensitive people, it may provide a "norming" effect, allowing the person to control a specific sense, and is thus a soothing behavior. [2]
| Sense | Stimming Actions |
|---|---|
| Visual | Flapping hands, blinking and / or moving fingers in front of eyes; staring repetitively at a light |
| Auditory | Making vocal sounds; snapping fingers |
| Tactile | Scratching; rubbing the skin with one's hands or with an external object |
| Vestibular | Moving body in rhythmic motion; rocking front and back or side-to-side |
| Taste | Licking body parts; licking an object |
| Smell | Smelling objects or hands; other people |
The above is only an illustrative list, and there may be several other stimming actions displayed by a child or a person affected with autism.
My son has demonstrated almost every example on this list. Hope it was as helpful to you as it was to me :o)
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