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Is It Autism? First Signs & Important Treatments
Learn more about what some of the very first signs of autism are, get up-to-date on common and newer treatments, and find out why early intervention is crucial to helping the development of your little one.
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In the beginning, Lance seemed like a typical baby. He smiled, sat up, and walked. "He could say about five or six words, like 'mama' and 'dada,'" says his mother, Stacy Strombeck-Goodrich. "He hit all of his milestones right on time."
So the Gilbert, Arizona, mom was perplexed when at about 18 months, Lance, now 3 1/2, started sliding backward. "He got really quiet. Not just no words, but no babbling, no sounds at all." Other skills evaporated too. "He wasn't pointing or waving bye-bye anymore," she says. When Lance stopped responding to his name, his mom had his hearing checked. It was fine. Strombeck-Goodrich was stumped -- until she saw a TV report that made her wonder if Lance was autistic. A specialist soon confirmed Lance's diagnosis. "To hear somebody actually say 'autism' was shocking," Strombeck-Goodrich says.
Lance is among the 1 in 150 U.S. kids who will be diagnosed with autism by age 8. What does being autistic mean? Is there a cure? Here, answers to tough questions.
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child is uncontrolable, has bazaar sexual activity,will attack female adults and try to sexually abuse them. will commit violent acts toward animals and people alike. Throwing a cat into a fireplace.Flooding a bathroom by throwing a full roll of toilet paper into the toilet and trying to flushing it.Running around naked.refusing to put his clothing on. Biting,punching, kicking,displays such hatred toward authority of any kind. 5 years old also lies about anything.
2/5/2010 05:35:15 PM Report AbuseYou said: "Autism is a genetic disorder" There is no proof to that. Please make a correction. There are indicators that autism may have some genetic components to it but right now evidence is pointing to an environmental trigger. If it were to be genetic then you'd find when one identical twin had it the other would as well, 100% of the time. Besides statistically it is not possible to have such a rapid increase in the diagnosis in such a short amount of time if it were genetic.
1/11/2010 12:08:22 PM Report AbuseThere are NO good scientific studies to prove that vaccines are not linked to Autism or at least causing further damage to children who are on the Autistic spectrum. It's more than genetics and better diagnosis. The numbers are increasing too fast. Oh and it's 1 in 91 not 1 in 150 - 1 in 58 boys. I appreciate trying to spread some light on this condition we call Autism but presenting theories as fact and then not siting your information is not good journalism.
11/16/2009 11:46:47 AM Report Abuse