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5 Signs Of AUTISM In Toddlers (MUST SEE) · Aspergers & Autism Podcast [The Aspie World] AuDHD

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  So here 5 signs of autism in Toddlers.
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  You definitely need to see all that and more is coming up.
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  Hey guys, welcome back to the aspy world.
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  My name is Dan. I have autism, ADHD, OCD and
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  definitely for you. OK, guys.
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  So I I wanted to do this one about toddlers because I feel
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  like toddlers are such an interesting age for autism.
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  You know, the youngest you can diagnose somebody with autism is
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  typically around three years old.
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  That's when you kind of start looking at somebody.
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  And so you know, three to five years old, you know these
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  toddlers and these little tots walking about and you know,
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  they're becoming their own people.
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  And I think it's really interesting if we can kind of
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  home in on specific traits of autism and see if we can
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  identify something early on because the earlier you get
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  help, the better conditions life can be and that's a good thing.
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  So I've listed out five the most interesting actually signs of
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  autism in toddlers, which I think you definitely do need to
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  see. And if you're thinking, you
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  know, hey, my toddler, you know, is on the spectrum or if you're
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  It's gonna be super awesome. OK guys, so let's go for the
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  first one. Now the first sign of autism
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  toddlers is non responsive to name.
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  But typically people on the autism spectrum when they are
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  toddlers, they won't be able to respond to you calling their
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  name. So if you're like hey Jonathan,
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  Jonathan, Jonathan. And you could be like asking
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  them like 100 times like for their name and they'd be like
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  just not listening. Like it's if they're deaf, like
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  they can't hear, like they have no kind of like way of hearing
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  you. And a lot of times some kids are
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  actually diagnosed as deaf when they're actually not deaf.
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  It's just that they are having an issue with the communication
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  because they have an autism spectrum condition, right.
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  And so this is one of the most early kind of signs is that non
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  responsive to name is something that is really common in autism,
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  in toddlers, but it's something that people can't just forget
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  because they think, oh, they're just toddlers, you know, they
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  minded, they're only have selective hearing and all that
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  stuff. So I think it's quite
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  interesting, but definitely not to look out for and it's
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  definitely one of the more common ones like an early like
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  warning sign basically okay. So #2 is not wanting hugs and
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  emotional kind of contact now as autism impact kind of like
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  social communication and emotional understanding in
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  people. Autistic toddlers probably won't
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  want to have hugs all the time. They'll be kind of adverse for
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  you, kind of wanted to hug them all the time or give them kisses
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  and, you know, sit on your knee and tell stories.
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  They don't want that kind of social interaction.
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  It's quite heavy on them. It's quite, it weighs on them
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  and that gets them a bit shock, I guess, and they don't have to
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  respond to that. And this kind of lack of
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  emotional connection can be a good early, long sign that this
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  person is on the autism spectrum.
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  It doesn't mean that they don't love you as a parent or anything
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  like that. It just means that they have an
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  issue with understanding their emotional communication, which
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  is a typical trait of autism. And it has nothing to reflect on
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  parenting at all. So please, mums and dads, you're
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  doing the best you can. And I know you guys are amazing,
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  so please don't worry about that.
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  You guys are awesome. Big shout out to autism parents.
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  I feel like parents have kids on the spectrum, don't get enough
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  recognition, and I just want to let you know that I find you so
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  valuable. Thank you so much for doing you
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  doing. You guys are amazing.
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  All right, so moving home too #3.
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  Actually, before we get into #3, if you have anything to add in
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  OK, so #3 is lonely play. Now artistic children will
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  favour isolated play than playing in groups of other kids
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  or playing with one-on-one with another kid.
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  And it's not because they are arrogant or they just don't like
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  other kids. It's because the social
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  interaction that impacts people on the autism spectrum is
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  present in everybody from day one.
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  So when they're trying to play, they are unaware of the social
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  constructs, these unwritten social rules that people pick up
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  just by being social commutative.
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  That's kind of a bit of a miss of people on the autism
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  spectrum. So if you notice that a child is
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  being more isolated, play lone play and have difficulty
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  inviting children into play with them and vice versa.
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  When children invite them into play in their circle, they have
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  a bit of an issue trying to adapt to that social circle.
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  And this is a common autism trait and it's actually very
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  prominent of people on the autism spectrum.
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  OK, so #4 is a very easy one and very common.
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  And it's like it's, you know, it's no secret, but lack of eye
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  contact and issues with maintaining keeping eye contact
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  is a huge, huge giveaway for people on the autism spectrum,
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  as making eye contact is a huge issue for people on the autism
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  spectrum. It's something that you will
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  typically notice and so on because it's it's a very strange
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  thing to a neurotypical person or a non autistic person who's
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  trying to talk to somebody and they don't make eye contact and
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  they find it very strange where autistic people find this quite
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  comfortable to not make eye contact.
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  So that is a huge red flag and there's a good indication that
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  the person may be on the autism spectrum.
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  OK, so #5 is quite an interesting one.
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  This is not smiling back at you when you smile at them.
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  So autism comes with a whole host of things and one of the
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  things is like facial blindness, which is like emotional
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  connection. So knowing if someone happy or
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  sad by the facial expressions is very difficult for someone on
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  the autism spectrum to grasp and understand fully.
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  So when you smile, that's one on the autism spectrum, they may
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  not understand that you're smiling.
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  So they wouldn't really necessarily smile back.
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  And this could be loads of things, could be the fact that
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  they can't communicate their emotions, It could be that they
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  can't read your face and it could be that they had just a
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  completely zoned out the situation and aware of what is
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  going on. There's so many factors that
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  come into it, but this is a huge one.
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  You know, not understanding and repeating that, you know that
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  emotional connection will actually reflect in someone on
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  the autism spectrum. I find it very, very
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  interesting, but it's a huge red flag.
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