The 5 Most Common Signs Of Autism

The main consequence of autism is the inability to communicate and form social relationships. It is ideal for a specialized doctor to first diagnose the problem and then find a solution.

What is autism?

Autism is defined as a developmental neurobiological disorder or autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Generally, it manifests itself in the first three years of life and will last throughout its life cycle. Some of the signs of autism are easily recognizable.

In itself, the main consequence of this disorder is the inability to communicate and establish social relationships. Although, it depends on their condition, it is possible that a person’s developmental impairment is milder or stronger.

The types of childhood autism are:

• Autism or Kanner Syndrome : They have a limited emotional connection or empathy with others.
• Asperger syndrome : they have high intelligence, little psychomotor coordination, lack of empathy and deficit in social relationships, they do not understand the ironies or the double meaning of language.
• Heller syndrome : similar to the previous one, since it affects language, social function and motor skills. The difference is that the individual presents a regressive and sudden character.

• Pervasive developmental disorder, unspecified : heterogeneous symptoms. Deficit of social reciprocity, severe communication problems, and peculiar, restricted and stereotyped interests and activities.

This disorder and its variants are diagnosed in 1 in 68 individuals and 1 in 42 boys (it is much more common in boys than in girls), which is much more common than cancer, diabetes or AIDS.

Generally, it is the parents who notice this. They begin to observe strange behaviors in their children, communication problems and loss of skills.

For this reason, immediate medical assistance is essential to get the most out of existing therapies or treatments that serve so that the child can lead life as normal as possible with respect to its development.

Due to the aforementioned, it is that at MCS we have decided to make a short list regarding the most common signs of autism so that, in this way, any parent can immediately go to a specialist for the health of their son or daughter .

5 signs of autism

1. Repetitive behaviors and attachment to objects

This is one of the key signs to know that a child is not acting according to his age. They seem to be immersed in their own world, and tend to organize and rearrange things from front to back, over and over again for a long time. 

Attachment to things or objects is common in them. Wherever they go they may carry an object considered important to them.

2. Little empathy

Empathy is that aspect of a person’s character that makes us place ourselves in the shoes of others. Think about how they feel and what they are going through. Well, this is one of the aspects that people with autism spectrum disorder lack.

Another of the signs of autism in children is that they are unable to feel empathy for another person and this greatly hinders their social skills, behavior and social integration, making their interpersonal relationships almost nil.

3. Little or great sensitivity to sounds

Some of these individuals are highly sensitive to external stimuli such as sound. When this happens, the child begins to scream, jump, run and cover their ears repeating nonsense words until they calm down, therefore, stressful situations or conflicts can affect them three times as they do not know how to handle them.

On the contrary, there are others who do not react to these stimuli, moreover, when they are called by their names they do not respond, it is as if they do not listen and do not turn to see where the sound comes from, nor are they surprised by any noise or loud sound .

4. Speech difficulties

Some children who are diagnosed with autism do not develop speech correctly, so any type of language is difficult, be it oral, written (when older), or signed. They just babble weirdly.

They become absorbed in their world and are unable to express what ails or bothers them. There are therapies for language development in children with this disorder. It is ideal for a specialized doctor to first diagnose the problem and then find a solution.

5. Frequent anger

You must understand that an infant with normal neurobiological development, by itself, does not know how to face or handle uncomfortable situations of stress or anger, now imagine for a second what it would be like for one with autism.

They get angry very often and even about anything and it is very difficult to calm them down. Their condition does not allow them to correctly understand what is going on around them and they tend to get upset quickly, so you have to be very careful when treating them.

So far some of the signs of autism in children. Remember to consult a professional if you think your daughter or son may be affected by this disorder.