Symptoms of autism are complex, but are characterized by three core symptoms:
1. Social interaction disorders
Children with autism have qualitative defects in social interaction, they lack interest in interacting with people to varying degrees, and also lack normal communication methods and skills; the specific manifestations vary with age and severity, and the communication disorder with children of the same age is the most prominent.
The specific manifestations are as follows: lack of eye contact, "no one's eyes"; playing alone, not cooperating; usually not afraid of strangers; not liking to hug or avoid contact with others; rarely smiling and difficult to get along with; attachment emotional disorder or delay with mother; inappropriate, strange or delayed communication or emotional response.
2. Language communication barriers
Children with autism have difficulties in both verbal and nonverbal communication; speech communication disorders are the most prominent, often the most prominent cause of children's medical attention.
The specific performance is as follows:1. Speech communication disorder does not speak or speak late (the main reason for medical attention); language regression; self-talking, unintelligible, or meaningless language; television slogans; rigid, repetitive, parrot language; you and I (personal pronouns) do not distinguish; self-centered topics.
2. Nonverbal communication disorders Many children with autism do not use nods, shake their heads, gestures and movements to express their thoughts, and their expressions often lack changes when interacting with people. They often hold someone's hand and reach out to the object he wants, but there are very few other expressions, movements, and postures for communication and communication.
Narrow interests and repetitive stereotypes
Children with autism tend to use rigid, stereotypical ways of coping with their daily lives.
The specific manifestations are as follows: repetitive movements (obsessed with watching hands, rotating circles, shaking, etc.); repetitive behaviors (obsessed with repeated pressing switches, tearing paper, watching TV commercials, weather forecasts, the same song, teletubbies, etc.); repetitive stereotyped language; compulsive behaviors (sleep, routes, defecation, seating, etc.); obsessive thinking (repetitive problems, pain that is difficult to get rid of); unusual interest in certain objects or things (scientific facts); some children can focus on words, numbers, dates, schedule calculations, maps, drawings, instrumental performance, etc and can exhibit unique abilities. *There are many kinds of performances, and the performance of each child varies from period to period.
What are the symptoms of mild autism in general? These 17 symptoms are for your reference:
1. The child does not react to the sound;
2. It is difficult for children to have contact with children of the same age;
3. Refuse to accept all changes;
4. Very indifferent to the surrounding environment;
5. Will repeatedly learn others to speak;
6. Especially like things that can rotate;
7. Inexplicably will laugh alone;
8. Resist normal learning methods;
9. There are always some strange ways to play;
10. Do uneven development of movements;
11. Itself is not sensitive to pain;
12. Will not make eye contact with people;
13. Will be particularly dependent on a certain thing;
14. There will be sudden and unknown crying; 15. Either a special love to move, or a motionless; 16. Refuse all hugs; 17. Do not be afraid of all dangers.
Attached: Autism "four noes" simple screening method (around the age of 1)
Children with autism avoid eye contact, and in infancy there is a lack of interest and response to the calls and teasing of others; they do not observe and imitate the simple movements of others; they do not attract the attention of others to the things they are referring to through their eyes and sounds.
No; children with autism often ignore it.
Children with autism often hold other people's hands and reach for the objects he wants, but there are very few other expressions, movements, and postures used for communication and communication; they often do not use nods, shake heads, gestures, and gestures to express ideas.
Children with autism are slow in speech development, often speak late, and speech progress is also slow after speaking; it is found that late children can have a relatively normal stage of speech development, but after detection, speech gradually decreases or even disappears completely, and some children have no speech for life.
There are also some children with autism who will show hyperactivity, tirelessness, sleep and intestinal problems, poor self-care, self-injury, aggression, impulsivity, stubbornness, and easy agitation (this may also be related to the parenting style); however, each child is different, and parents still have to plan according to the child's specific situation before doing family intervention for their children.