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Subject: Does my child have Autism?

Author:
Sara Landry

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Date Posted: 16:32:37 10/13/07 Sat

Kelly,
I am an early intervention special instructor (I work with kids - ages birth to three years with developmental delays - and their families to get their kids to develop as "normally" as possible). I just wanted to let you know that there are lots of "normal" kids that do quirky things (as pretty much all people do at one time or another) but there are a few signs that can be observed as early as a few months of age.
These include the following:
Does Emma sustain eye contact and respond to facial expressions such as smiling and frowning?
Does she respond to changes in your voice when you are upset versus normal talking?
Does she attempt to comfort another person if they are upset?
Does she turn to look and/or respond to her name being called while her back is turned to you (she should respond to her name being called only once or twice)?
If these are not typical Emma behaviors then you might want to bring them to her physician's attention and press him/her to refer you to someone that might be better at determining what's going on with her (if anything at all).
Remember to look at books with Emma, engage in pretend play ("talking" on the phone, "feeding" a baby, "brushing" baby's hair and Emma's hair, etc.), help her to label and point to body parts on herself, dolls, you, and pictures of herself or others , always talk to her about EVERYTHING that the two of you are doing - color, shape, action, regarding the people, objects, and events. (I know that it may seem as though you are talking to the walls sometimes but language stimulation is a must at this age for all children!)
I hope this isn't TOO much information and that it was at all helpful. Good luck!

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