can someone tell me the difference between autism and developemental verbal dyspraxia with SID?
363578
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and dyspraxia with SID are going to look VERY similar, and I am sure are often misdiagnosed.\nA person with Autism may exhibit one or more of the following, additional signs/symptoms:\n- Poor eye contact\n- Lack of social skills\n- Behavioral issues that may include injurous or self-injurous behaviors.\n- Unusual preoccupation with parts of objects (most often wheels on vehicles, strollers, etc).\n- Innaproprtiate emotional response to his/her environment.\n\nHope this helps.  Best of luck!
346156
Asperger syndrome (sometimes called Asperger's syndrome, AS, or the more common shorthand Asperger's), is characterized as one of the five pervasive developmental disorders, and is commonly referred to as a form of high-functioning autism. In very broad terms, individuals with Asperger's have normal or above average intellectual capacity, and atypical or poorly developed social skills, often with emotional/social development or integration happening later than usual as a result.
150426
Hmm, interesting answers. Norah, the only correlation that I have seen, recently, is that when there is a child in the family who is on the Autism Spectrum, other children, within that family, have an increased risk of Autism, dyslexia, or other developmental/learning delays.  The reason for this is not yet known, and being researched at this time.  If you want to email me, I can give you some info as to where I found that.  Don't have it in front of me at the moment.  By the way...Julie, do you think there was a less harsh way of putting your rather judgemental answer?
270179
It isn't just other people's body language that Aspie kids don't understand. They also don't understand the link between their own behaviors and the effect they have on other people. Cause and effect is a difficult concept (as are most abstract concepts) for them to grasp. Aspie kids often exhibit repetitive non-verbal behaviors like clapping their hands, flapping arms, tapping,swaying, rocking,scratching, rubbing etc. Most of the time these are subconscious or unconscious.
114793
My younger brother lost his speech at the age of 5. I constantly read books to him that he was interested in. Eventually I started asking him what the words meant. I was so very proud of him when he began picking up on the words. An interesting comparison to your nephew is that we can't get my brother to go to the bathroom when he needs to. Each child with autism has different abilities and different habits that hold them back. The link I included is about a woman named Temple Grandin. She had autism and a PH.D.! She has written many books on how she experiences the world with autism. If you haven't heard about her yet... you should really check out this link.
187820
Well..if you're trying to clinically assess someone for this condition, you might need a bit more information.  It could be a "Freudian slip", a form of "Apraxia" or what was stated earlier "foot in mouth."
204999
Hi, again, Stephen!  Hmm, I have never heard of Zetia as it relates to Autism.  As a drug used to lower cholesterol and lipid levels, I fail to see what a benefit would be to someone on the Spectrum.  It is important to remember that there is NO drug to treat Autism.  Some parents/caretakers will use medications, namely anti-depressants and anti-psychotics to treat some symptoms (especially in individuals that are prone to violent outbursts, or self-abusive behaviors), or to help people with Autism sleep through the night (a common issue).  Please note that all of these meds can have some nasty side effects, and nobody knows what the long term effects may be in children.\nAlso, and I am not a new-agey, holistic freak, check into some popular, non-prescription therapies like Omega-3 Fatty Acids, and a mixture of Magnesium and B vitamins.  These should only be done under the supervision of a doctor, however, especially with children.
1049549
21 months is still a young age, what does ur family doc. say? There is a form of autism and its not as like full blown as autism...its called aspergers syndrome... my family doc told my friend she thinks her son has it and its difficult to diagnose and he's 5. He does some of the same things...plays by himself and he never looks any of us in the eye even the adults.\nGood luck i hope he's fine.
463622
Thanks for the information, I saved the link and will read thought it later. I have a 5 year old nephew who has been diagnosed as autistic, he also has vision problems. I have had my doubts about the diagnosis from the beginning, hope your paper helps bring some light to the situation. \nThanks.
738835
I don't know if i would be much help to you but i am a psychologist for intellectually delayed children and the general steps is obviously to first find the cause of the delay as you probably know there are numerous - then using the IPA; the symbols are divided into three categories: letters, diacritics, and suprasegmentals (symbols that indicate such things as the tone and inflection of a spoken utterance). These categories are then divided into smaller sections. For example, letters are divided into vowels and consonants, and diacritics and suprasegmentals are divided according to whether they indicate articulation, phonation, tone, intonation, or stress.\nSo starting from the cause and working with the child slowly until they grasp every step of the IPA is usually the best way
308343
Yeah, I have a child in my class with it - it's normally found in kids and has to do with their co-ordination and movement. Dyspraxia is a difficulty with thinking out, planning and carrying out sensory / motor tasks. Children with dyspraxia can be of average or above average intelligence but are often behaviourally immature. They try hard to fit in to socially accepted behaviour when at school but often throw tantrums when at home. They may find it difficult to understand logic and reason.
34570
Do you need help? Is someone you love autistic? It is so scary becuase so little is known about it and it seems like there is nowhere to turn. My brother is autistic and if you would please email me at sassybubs3087@yahoo.com and I can give you more information on austism and where to get help. I do not know if there are any cases in your area. Good luck\nNote to others: Please do not contact me via email unless you have an autism related question and then I will attempt to help you to the best of my abilities.
1108907
A four year old autistic kid probably does not speak what so ever yet.  He also will fixate on one object or sound.  Also where the ADHD is hyper and doesn't slow down much the Autistic kid could just stare at something for hours.   An ADHD child would most likely talk and talk a lot, the Autistic won't.  ADHD child will try to do many things at once and not focus his attention on any one thing for a long time.  Autistic child will focus their attention on ONE thing for a long time.  They both can act out inappropriately.  However the ADHD child would be verbal.\n\nThese are just general behavours and symtoms as everyone with both ADHD and Autism are different
1063832
http://www.autismtoilettraining.com \nI have not looked at the site myself, but it came up on an ad for something else I was looking at, hopefully it will help! I had my autistic son completely out of diapers by the time he was 27 months old, but your situation is more normal with autism. It just happened that Tim was oversensitive to sensory input, so he HATED wearing wet underwear. I don't know how much of this will apply to you, but I'll tell you what I did anyway. Everyone on here that said to be really consistent with a reward system is right on target, that's about the only way to get through an autistic brain, and the sillier you are, the better! Find a treat that he really likes and by a bag, and only use it for potty training, no other time. Skittles was what we used. He got three skittles for sitting on the toilet and I spaced them out so that he was sitting for about five minutes. NO pullups or diapers during the day at home, only underwear, and I ran water in the sink while he was sitting. If he actually did something, he got another skittle, and we made a huge deal out of it! Then, he got one sticker put on a chart for sitting and one for going. If he doesn't go,then he still gets SOMETHING just for cooperating with you. I took him as soon as he woke up and every hour after that, and I asked him all through the day if he had to go. That's all you can really do, unless the link I sent you to has other ideas. Hope this helps! I do my own therapy with him, he's never seen a professional, and he is doing WONDERFULLY. I will be homeschooling him, and we're officially starting pre-school next month. We spent last year just working out behavior problems so that we could focus on academics this year. Contact me if you just need to vent!
553534
My step son is 11 and he's autistic... mild and high functioning but he still has a lot of the autistic traits. My step daughter is 6 and we recently had her tested for autism since she was showing traits of autism as well. Come to find out, she's not autistic, she's emulating her brother. \n\nAny 3-year-old is going to pick up traits from those that he is around. If his issue is one merely of delayed speech, then he needs to be working with a speech therapist. I'm rather surprised that he is placed with autistic children as any health care or educational professional worth their salt knows that young children are extremely impressionable. \n\nHowever, if you have concerns of autistic behavior at all...and if your son has not been diagnosed by a psychologist who specializes in autism, then I would highly suggest you bite the bullet and have him evaluated... if nothing else for you peace of mind.
826218
ok, well my little bother has got mild asperges syndrome. asperges syndrome is a type of autism. children [and adults] with this can often find it hard to concentrate. sarcasm can not always be properly understood and they find it harder to read emotions. there are varying degrees of it though. \nmy brother was also born through ceserean, but i dont know if it affects it. my brother was also given the tripple mmr vaccine which my other brother [without autism] didnt recieve. it is much more common in boys than in girls.\nremember he is still your brother and dont treat him any differently than you used to, maybe it is not so bad as they only found it when he was 11! i dont know though, i myself am only 14! :s\nummm just help your mum around your hme with washing tidying and try nt to do anything that would annoy her, eg) staying out late and so on, but just try and carry on as normal. a good book is 'the curious incident of the dog in the night time', by Mark Haddon im not saying youre brother will turn out like this ki, chances are he wont, but it shows the pros and cons of asperges syndrome. add me on msn or emailme if you just want to talk, wonderhat@hotmail.com\ngood luck! hope everything turns out ok for you\nactualy\ni KNOW it will!\nxxx\nxx\nx
599820
i looked and saw something called developmental apraxia of speech\n\nhttp://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/voice/apraxia.asp