Help! Is my baby is showing signs of autism?

Hello everyone,

I have a beautiful one year old I am really concerned about, in particular with his lack of imitation, babbling and excitement.

I get lulled into thinking he's ok because he is very capable physically, he is very dextrous, patient and determined. He loves toys, he just doesn't want to share the game with me. He doesn't ever show excitement that isn't about strong physical stimulation, or about recognising a familiar pattern. He does have good eye contact but the only time I feel he's 'there' behind his eyes is when I'm singing a song he recognises and the second I stop it switches off. He does make sounds but to express his state, he doesn't copy any sounds or gestures and I am terrified he won't ever learn to talk. 

Worst of all I find it terribly hard work being with him because there's no back and forth which makes me feel I may as well not be there and I find it desperately hard not to just withdraw. I crowbar myself into his games, which he tolerates but does not exactly share, or I leave him to it. If I leave the room, he probably will too but not seemingly to find me, just to move on to another thing he likes to do - climb stairs, open the washer door andbite the mouldy part (sigh...)

I know any suggestion that vaccines are a cause will incense a lot of people who feel this is blaming. But this is not about you, it is my own observation of my own child and there was a definite change. This was not even the MMR, which he's not had as he's not quite one, but after his 4 month boosters, which we gave him at 6 months because he'd been ill. After the booster he stopped sleeping through the night, which he had from 4.5months. He also stopped babbling, although he had been a very chatty baby and people had commented on how like his mother he was. Although he had copied me poking out my tongue at only a few days old, he stopped imitating us completely.

Watching videos of him at 4-5 months is heartbreaking. He is 'chatting' all the time, waving his hands with excitement. It feels like he's turned from a typical, chatty baby into a busy, unnaturally calm robot. My heart is breaking. I don't want to wait and see, I need to know what this means. I need to know if there is anything I can do to bring him into the world of sociability. 

Please let me know if any of this seems familiar and if it does, what is the best way to support him, in particular with learning to talk. Thank you.

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  • Hi Scorpion,

    I Haven't time to cross swords with you, but hope you're well.

    I'm posting this reply for the likes of the initial poster that asked,

    'Is it possible that my child.......my child, no-one else's....MY CHILD.....this small vulnerable person who I am fully responsible for now....is it possible that this child could now be experiencing what we call autism because of injecting a sackful of foreign and life-threatening material straight across the blood / brain barrier?' ANSWER - YES

    Is it likely? ANSWER - NO

    How likely is it? ANSWER - WE DON'T KNOW because of fraudulent reporting of rejection incidence and fraudulent reporting during testing.

    As for Alex R's comments about the 'greater good', I'll start believing in the greater good when all commerce is removed from health matters. Until that time, please don't insult my intelligence by trying to make out Big Pharma is on some greater philanthropic drive all for the betterment of the human race. Investigate the history of vaccination programs and it's the same reason that we still put petroleum products into our cars, the same reason we use vast amounts of gas to power our heating systems and the real reason why Al Qaeda had absolutely nothing to do with 911. MONEY!

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  • Hi Scorpion,

    I Haven't time to cross swords with you, but hope you're well.

    I'm posting this reply for the likes of the initial poster that asked,

    'Is it possible that my child.......my child, no-one else's....MY CHILD.....this small vulnerable person who I am fully responsible for now....is it possible that this child could now be experiencing what we call autism because of injecting a sackful of foreign and life-threatening material straight across the blood / brain barrier?' ANSWER - YES

    Is it likely? ANSWER - NO

    How likely is it? ANSWER - WE DON'T KNOW because of fraudulent reporting of rejection incidence and fraudulent reporting during testing.

    As for Alex R's comments about the 'greater good', I'll start believing in the greater good when all commerce is removed from health matters. Until that time, please don't insult my intelligence by trying to make out Big Pharma is on some greater philanthropic drive all for the betterment of the human race. Investigate the history of vaccination programs and it's the same reason that we still put petroleum products into our cars, the same reason we use vast amounts of gas to power our heating systems and the real reason why Al Qaeda had absolutely nothing to do with 911. MONEY!

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