Not only poor eye communication, children with autism can be slow to speak, less coarse motor skills, not showing or reaction when called.
Autism or autistic spectral disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder, affecting the nervous system and cognitive health, emotion, society and overall physical. Children with this situation often have difficulty in communication, gestures, convey words and express emotions through language or facial expressions.
Poor eye communication
Babies often communicate mainly with the eyes. After about two months of age, children may start to identify face. However, autistic children may have difficulty maintaining eye -catching with others.
Slowly speaking and grasping the language
Babies can start the first babbling sounds at about 6 months old. By 12-15 months, some children can speak. By 18 months of age, children can say different words and phrases, start practicing long sentences. However, children are slow to speak or sometimes unable to say the right sentences at the later stage to walk may be a worrying sign.
The reaction is poor or not reacted when it is called
Children began to react when they were called when they were 6 months old. Children with autism may be difficult to react when others call their names or not even aware of they are being called.
Lack of gestures and indicator
The signaling, pointing to the first things you do before speaking. Autism children do less than this, showing the likelihood of linguistic retardation. Usually parents or adults point to something, the eyes of the newborn will pay attention. However, this attention is often not clear or not in autistic children.
Less in rough movement skills
Autism children may have difficulty with raw motor skills. This means that the child has difficulty understanding and coordinating the movements between the left – right of the body or basic like writing and drawing. Other raw motor skills include larger movements such as walking and throwing objects. These are due to nervous differences and challenges in the process of handling sensations in autistic children.
Less emotional showing through the face
Children with autism often do not laugh or not show any emotions through facial expressions.
Some babies are underdeveloped compared to their peers still have one of the above manifestations. Therefore, when discovering that children have any signs of suspicion, adults should take a doctor early to have appropriate evaluation and treatment.