IS THERE ANY WAY TO PREDICT WHICH BABIES WILL LATER DEVELOP AUTISM?
That’s a good question and is one that researchers have struggled to answer. In doing so, they have come up with certain symptoms to look for. Some of them are: 1. A baby that arches his back to avoid being touched. 2. Rocking or repetitive movement 3. Not anticipating when their caretaker is going to pick them up and hold them 4. Head banging In addition, they have come up with more specific criteria to predict which toddlers will indeed develop the disorder. If an 18 month old baby does not do all of the following three items, they have over an 80% chance of developing autism. 1. Does not point at something interesting in their environment to bring it to the attention of another person. 2. Does not look in the direction or toward an object that another person points at. 3. Does not engage in pretend or imaginative play. WHAT ELSE CAN I LOOK FOR THAT MAY SHOW THAT MY CHILD HAS A DELAY IN HIS OR HER DEVELOPMENT? The American Academy of Pediatrics and The American Academy of Neurology s
