What are the symptoms of autistic children?

If a child suffers from autism, the harm is very serious. Many people regard autism as a killer of children. Autistic children have very little self-confidence and many of their behaviors are abnormal. At this time, parents must help their children build self-confidence. This is very important. If parents have no experience, they must seek help from a psychologist and listen to other people's advice.

1. Pathological attachment to certain special objects Children with autism often develop a special interest in certain objects

Such as building blocks, radios, balls, etc., to the point of attachment. They can't let go of these things and can feel satisfied when playing with them. If these items are taken away, they will cry and panic. The child seldom participates in other children's games. Instead, he is happy playing alone and often enjoys himself.

2. Children with stereotyped repetitive movements often persist in repetitive game patterns and life activity patterns.

Resistance to change, lack of variety and imagination, such as repeatedly lining up toys; sitting position cannot be changed; where things are placed cannot be changed; the order of life content must remain the same, etc. The stubbornness to stay the same is one of the key symptoms of autism.

3. Children with interpersonal communication disorders often feel particularly lonely

Lack of interaction and emotional connection with people. For example, newborns do not stay close to their mothers when they are picked up. There is no difference in their reactions when they are picked up by relatives or other people at 7-8 months old. The children are indifferent to the return and departure of their parents and have no attachment. They treat their relatives and strangers the same and do not feel afraid when they are with strangers. Such children lack the ability to gaze into people's eyes, often avoid making eye contact with others, and lack emotional communication with people around them.

4. Language development disorder is one of the most prominent manifestations of this disease.

After children become ill, their language generally decreases gradually, and in severe cases, it is completely lacking. Children with this disorder have a low ability to understand language, and often have abnormal language such as stereotypes, repetitions, imitations, and misuse of pronouns (especially using "you" instead of "I" when referring to themselves). Children with this disorder lack abstract concepts, and their thinking processes tend to be compulsive, limited, and poor, and they lack fantasy and imagination. Children with this disorder are unable to use facial expressions, body movements, posture, and tone of voice to interact with others.

5. Children with sensory impairments are slow to respond to auditory and visual stimuli

It's like "turning a blind eye" and "turning a deaf ear". He seems not to notice the people or other characters in the surrounding environment, and ignores their words.

6. Children with intellectual disabilities and autism do not have obvious dull appearance

However, their social adaptability is significantly lagging behind, they are unable to take care of themselves in daily life, and most of them have moderate to severe intellectual disability. A very small number of children with autism may show special abilities in the fields of music, computers, and mechanical memory. A very few children may have insular precocity or special functions, the so-called "idiot savants." Some children have epileptic seizures.

7. Other symptoms: About 20%-40% of children will develop epilepsy before puberty.

Some patients develop schizophrenia syndrome in adolescence or early adulthood, such as delusions and hallucinations.