| Autism is considered to be a serious
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| | gestures and activities (clapping their
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| neurological disorder, causing dramatic
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| | hands, waving their heads back and forth,
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| changes in behavior and affecting social
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| | excessive swinging). Autistic children
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| interactions, communication skills and
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| | also focus their attention on some
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| adaptability. The first signs of autism
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| | particular toys, ignoring everything else
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| can either be spotted at birth or later
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| | around them (unlike normal children that
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| in childhood. Child autism is
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| | are easily distracted, autistic children
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| characterized by refusal of social
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| | ignore external stimuli when
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| interactions, inability of anticipating
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| | concentrating upon a certain activity).
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| movement, poor eye contact, lack of
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| | Child autism is also revealed by the
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| interest towards mothers or caretakers,
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| | inability to play imaginative, "pretend"
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| inability of engaging in imitational
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| | games. While normal children often
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| acts, preference for repetitive,
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| | pretend to be someone else when playing,
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| stereotype activities.
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| | or imagine new ways of playing with their
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| Child autism is different from one child
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| | toys, autistic children are usually
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| to another. Although autistic children
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| | unable to do the same thing. Also, child
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| have common behavioral features, every
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| | autism is characterized by the inability
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| child with autism develops in a
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| | to distinguish danger; children with
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| different, unique way. Child autism
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| | autism seem to be unafraid of dangerous,
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| affects the perception of persons and
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| | threatening situations. Emphatic skills
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| objects and some autistic children may
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| | are also poor in case of autistic
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| engage in behaviors that lead to
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| | children; they don't seem to care about
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| self-injury (some autistic children
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| | other people in distress, feeling no
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| unwillingly bang their heads against
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| | compassion for them.
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| their crib). Child autism is also
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| | The causes of child autism and many other
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| characterized by low adaptation skills
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| | Autism Spectrum Disorders are still
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| and strong resistance to changes in their
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| | unknown. Scientists believe that there
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| activities or behaviors. Autism occurs to
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| | are certain genetic factors responsible
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| persons regardless of their IQ. Autistic
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| | for the development of autism, but the
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| children sometimes have good skills with
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| | genes that cause autism haven't yet been
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| numbers, excelling in areas like
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| | identified. Autism has a pronounced
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| mathematics. However, it is a fact that
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| | hereditary character. Parents with an
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| all children diagnosed with autism have
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| | autistic child in the family are most
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| reduced emotional intelligence.
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| | likely to have another child with the
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| Child autism can determine either
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| | same disorder. An interesting aspect of
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| hyper-active or hypo-active behaviors.
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| | child autism is the larger numbers of
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| While some children are very impulsive
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| | boys affected by the disorder, compared
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| and difficult to calm down, other
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| | to the numbers of girls with autism.
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| children are very still and passive. The
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| | The signs of child autism must be spotted
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| most relevant signs of child autism are:
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| | in time, in order to minimize the risks
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| avoidance of social interactions and low
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| | of further behavioral, cognitive and
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| responsiveness to smile, voice or
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| | physical damage. It is vital to correctly
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| gestures (many autistic children avoid
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| | diagnose autism at an early age, thus
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| making any kind of eye contact and
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| | facilitating the process of recovery and
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| sometimes ignore the presence of their
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| | preventing severe behavioral
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| parents or caretakers), poor "baby talk",
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| | deterioration. Also, children with autism
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| difficulties in oral speech, (autistic
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| | need a lot of care and attention, as they
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| children rarely "initiate" dialogue),
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| | tend to engage in self-injurious
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| predisposition towards repetitive
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| | activities.
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