Autism Symptoms Checklist
Autism can be stated as the disorder of brain, which is associated with various developmental problems like social interaction and communication. The first symptom of autism begins before the age 3. In some cases autism signs are identified even at ages younger than six months. Some infants even show the signs at the moment of their birth but most of the children develop the autism symptoms later in their childhood. Since autism resembles with other disorders like mental retardation or deafness, it is very difficult to make correct diagnosis of autism. In such cases autism symptoms checklist acts as a diagnostic tool.
It’s very important to have early diagnosis of the autism symptoms. Before proceeding with autism symptoms checklist we will see some basic autism symptoms found in babies who are six months old. There are some autism symptoms, which can be noticed at the age of six months. For eg: A normal baby who is six months old gets attracted towards the objects around it and responds to the presence of it’s mother. Whereas an autistic baby doesn’t get attracted towards any object, it stares at a single object for a long time. It even doesn’t respond to the presence of its mother. A normal baby recognizes its mother or father whereas an autistic baby doesn’t.
These were some of the basic autism symptoms found in small babies. Let’s now move on to autism symptoms checklist. These autism symptoms checklist helps in correct diagnosis of autism. The following autism symptoms checklist contains the most encountered symptoms of the autism, but autism symptoms may vary and so does not have a certain pattern. Even if your child shows 4 to 5 symptoms from the below given autism symptoms checklist then your child is autistic.
- Children with autism avoid eye-to-eye contact with their parents and stare at a single object for a long time.
- Children suffering from autism don’t like to mix with other children and like to live in their own world.
- Autistic child likes to be alone and has very few or no friends at all.
- Autistic children have communication problems; they are not able to express themselves due to their poor verbal skills.
- Autistic children often ignore the people around them and sometimes don't even respond to their own name seeming to be deaf.
- Autistic children show lack of interest for simple attention games and play very different as compared to other children. Even their way of playing seems to be strange.
- They show no fear of real dangers and appear to have a reduced sensitivity to pain.
- Autistic children show poor response to social smile, they does not smile or react to someone who smiles at them.
- Autistic children have an increased sensitivity to loud noises and intense lights.
All the children suffering from autism may not display all of the symptoms given in autistic symptoms checklist. Presence of 4 to 5 symptoms is enough for you to seek a medical advice.

