So here are five signs of autism in toddlers.
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So I, uh, I wanted to do this one about toddlers because I feel like toddlers
are such an interesting age for autism.
You know, the youngest you can diagnose somebody with autism is
typically around three years old.
That's when he came to start looking at somebody.
And so, you know, three to five years old, you know, these toddlers and these
little tots walking about, and, you know, they're becoming their own people.
And I think it's really interesting if we can kind of hone in on specific
traits of autism and see if we can identify something early on,
because the earlier you get help, the better conditions life can be.
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So I've listed out five, the most interesting, um, uh, signs of
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So let's go from the first one.
Now the first sign of autism in toddlers is non-responsive to name, but typically
people on the autism spectrum, when they are toddlers, they won't be able
to respond to you calling their names.
So if you're like, Hey Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, and you can be like asking him
like a hundred times, like for their name.
And they'll be like, Just not listening.
Like, is this there?
They're definitely, can't hear that they have no kind of like way of hearing you.
And a lot of the times some kids are actually diagnosed as deaf
when they're actually not deaf.
It's just that they are having an issue with the communication because they
have an autism spectrum condition.
Right.
And so this is one of the most early kind of signs is that nonresponsive to
name is something that is really common.
In autism in toddlers, but it's something that people kind of just forget.
Cause I think all they're just toddlers, you know, they minding their own only
have selective hearing and all that stuff.
So I find that quite interesting, but definitely what to look out for.
And it definitely one of the more common ones, like an
early warning sign, basically.
Okay.
So number two is not wanting hugs and emotional kind of
contact now as autism impacts.
It's kind of like social communication and emotional understanding and
people, um, autistic toddlers probably won't want to have hugs all the time.
They'll be kind of adverse for you kind of wanted to hug them
all the time or give them kisses.
And you know, when you knee and tell him stories, they don't want
that kind of social interaction.
It's quite heavy on them.
It's quite it weighs on them.
And that kind of gets them a bit shook, I guess.
And, and they don't know how to respond to that.
And this kind of lack of emotional connection.
Can be a, uh, a good early warning sign that this person
is on the autism spectrum.
It doesn't mean that they don't love you as a parent or anything like that.
It just means that they have an issue with understanding that
emotional communication, which is a typical trait of autism.
And it has nothing to reflect on parenting at all.
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All right.
So.
Moving on to number three, actually four, go on to number three.
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So number three is lonely play.
Now, autistic children will fever, isolated play than playing in
groups with other kids or playing with one-on-one with another kid.
And it's not because they are arrogant or they just don't like it.
The kids it's because the social interaction that impacts people
on the autism spectrum is present in everybody from day one.
So when they're trying to play.
They are.
And, uh, and aware of the social constructs, these unwritten social
rules that people pick up just by being, uh, socially, uh, communicated.
Uh, that's kind of a bit, we have a miss of people on the autism spectrum.
So if you noticed that a child is being more isolated, play lone play and
have difficulty inviting children into play with them and vice versa, when
children invite them into play in their circle, they have a bit of an issue
trying to adapt to that social circle.
And this is a common autism trait, and it's actually very prominent.
People on the autism spectrum.
Okay.
So number four is a very easy one and very common.
And it's like, it's, you know, it's no secret, but lack of eye contact and
issues with maintaining and keeping eye contact is a huge, huge giveaway
for people on the autism spectrum.
Making eye contact is a huge issue for people on the autism spectrum.
It's something that you will typically notice in song because it's, it's a very
strange thing to a neurotypical person.
Well, a non-autistic person who was trying to talk to somebody and they don't
make eye contact and they find it very strange where artistic people find it
quite comfortable to not make eye contact.
So, yeah.
That is a huge red flag and there's a good indication that the person
may be on the autism spectrum.
Okay.
So number five is quite an interesting one.
Um, it's this is not smiling back at you when you smile at them.
So autism comes with a whole host of things.
And one of the things is like facial blindness, which is
like emotional connection.
So knowing if someone's happy or sad by the facial expressions.
It's very difficult for someone on the autism spectrum to
grasp and understand fully.
So when you smile at someone on the autism spectrum, they may not
understand that you're smiling.
So they wouldn't really necessarily smile back.
And this could be loads of things could be the fact that they
can't communicate their emotions.
It could be that they can't read your face and it could be that they have a
completely zoned out the situation and they are unaware of what's going on.
There's so many factors that come into it, but this is a huge one, you know,
not understanding and repeating that, um, uh, you know, that emotional connection.
Well, actually the reflect and so on, on the autism spectrum, I've
had it very, very interesting, but it's a huge red flag.
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