World Autism Day 2023
Autism Symptoms can appear gradually or manifest suddenly. The symptoms may vary and can be mild to severe.
Autism symptoms can appear from birth or become apparent after a few months after birth.
Symptoms associated with autism may appear during the 12 to 36-month period of a child’s life.
Children with autism show a wide range of social deficits including lack of attention or passive attention, avoiding eye contact, and resisting attention.
They lack the ability to control emotions.
They can also become aggressive and disruptive at times.
Autistic children exhibit emotional reciprocity and cannot understand social cues.
They get agitated, annoyed and frustrated when they get into a new situation or environment.
They lose control, pull hair, bang their head and bit their arm.
Autism can be reliably diagnosed by age 2, but the average age of diagnosis is around 5 to 7 years. Awareness and early screening can make a huge lifetime difference in terms of accurate diagnosis.
Autism can slowly disrupt your child’s life. Therefore, you have to do much more than the requirement of your child. Therefore, if you notice any disabilities or shortcomings in the abilities of your child, never ignore or delay. Take action immediately. The best way you can take action is to approach a paediatric neurologist to screen your child for autism.
