What are the manifestations of autism in children?
1. Infancy
In infancy, autism is characterized by a lack of eye contact and social laughter.
For example, when a normal child is 3 or 4 months old, when he teases him, he will respond to a laugh, which is called social laughter; Children with autism may have spontaneous smiles, but rarely social laughter.
Rare eye contact generally refers to the inability to respond to the calls and teasing of adults, looking sluggish, and having no interest in the surrounding environment.
Normal babies will wave their hands to say goodbye, goodbye, etc. by the time they are 10 months old, while children with autism do not have this behavior.
Of course, there are also children with mental retardation who may have abnormal manifestations in this regard, but children with autism may have other abilities that are relatively better.
2. Early childhood
When children gradually enter early childhood, the manifestations of autism will become more and more obvious, with narrow interests and stereotyped behaviors.
For example, only interested in a certain type of toy, do not like other toys; Like to rotate round items, such as spinning wheels, turning round stools, etc.; I also like to look at rotating items, such as loving to watch electric fans, exhaust fans turning, etc.; Like to arrange items repeatedly, such as lining up blocks, cars, etc., if someone disrupts this arrangement, he will behave very angry; Like to repeatedly press the switch, press the button, open and close the door, open and close the drawer, etc.; They have a focus that children of the same age do not have, and can just fiddle with an object for tens of minutes, even hours, without getting bored.