Hello verybody. My son is 14 months old and he exibits some unusual behavior and on the other hand some of his behavior are perfectly normal. WE are worried if he is suffering from autism. WE tried pforessional help but doc said diagnosis cannot be done before he child is at least 2 years old. We are really worried as we all know that early detecion is he key to success in treating such diseases. Please give your opinion if you think my son is suffering from autism. he does the following:
1) He can stand and walk with support but not without support.
2) he has very little vocabulary in the sense that he can olny vaguely say words like 'mammamma', 'waawaa', 'taataataa' etc that too not always directed to us or anybody.
3)Most of the time he does not respond to his name though no always.Some times he does.
4)frequently gets very upset or rather angry and expresses it wih clenched fists and long screams sometimes for reasons like a toy snatched from his hands, someimes without any apparent reason.
5) does not seem to be inerested in mixing up with other kids. When presented with any, he would generally shy away but won't cry or react, raher look at their direction from our lap.
On the other hand he
1) most of the time seems very happy when his dad comes from work and crawls to him and loves to throw his legs in excitement when carried by him. kisses and laughes at us often.
2) mimics our actions like putting the comb to hair(his own and ours), holding the remote out to a/c or tv pressing its buttons, trying to put a shoe on his foot, taking the glass to his mouh in a posture to drink from it. Alse will blink at us if we blink at him.
3)does not love to be left alone. If one leaves him alone in a room and goes to the other room, he will follow except when he is engrossed in something like playing with building blocks and likes. Even then he will eventually come may be after some time.
4) he would often, though not always give things to my hand and then would giggle and jump up and down merrily when thanked and appreciated wih a hug and kiss.
5)enjoys to play pick-a-boo a lot. and has long sesssions of laughing and playing with his dad when he does things like rubbing his nose with his or sicking his tounge out.
as parents we are really very worried about our son as we are not sure if anyhthing is unnatural wih him but we instinctively feel that something is jus not right. PLease give your opinion and suggestions abou the situation. waiing for your responses.
