what are the first signs of autism in babies?
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["Doesn't keep eye contact or makes very little eye contact.", "Doesn't respond to a parent's smile or other facial expressions.", "Doesn't look at objects or events a parent is looking at or pointing to.", "Doesn't point to objects or events to get a parent to look at them."]
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['itching that may cause a child to rub their eye.', "gritty feeling that may make a child think there's sand or something else in their eye.", 'white, yellow, or green discharge that forms crust around the eye during sleep.', 'watery eyes.', 'swollen eyelids.', 'sensitivity to light.']
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['Unusual alertness in infancy.', 'Less need for sleep in infancy.', 'Long attention span.', 'High activity level.', 'Smiling or recognizing caretakers early.', 'Intense reactions to noise, pain, frustration.', 'Advanced progression through the developmental milestones.', 'Extraordinary memory.']
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['Beginning to smile at people.', 'Recognises a familiar face or bright object up close, following it with their eyes and maintaining eye contact.', 'Primitive newborn reflexes are still present, for example startle response, rooting reflex, stepping reflex, hand grasp.']
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Premature babies (babies born before 37 weeks of pregnancy) may be more likely to show signs or symptoms of ASD than other babies. Health care providers can sometimes detect ASD in a child at 18 months old or younger. By the time a child is 2 years old, a provider may give an ASD diagnosis.
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["Sudden Change in Behavior. A sudden change in your child's behavior could indicate stress in their daycare situation. ... ", 'Regression in Behavior. Even more troubling than new behaviors is a regression in behavior. ... ', 'Increase in Evening Tantrums. ... ', 'Lack of Open Communication. ... ', 'Care Providers Seem Disengaged.']
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Your infant has a rash, and her skin is not so baby soft. Or maybe your little one sniffles and sneezes often. Symptoms like these could be signs of an allergy. Cow's milk, dust mites, even the family pet can make the tiniest humans have an allergic reaction.
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['Abnormal Body Posturing or Facial Expressions.', 'Abnormal Tone of Voice.', 'Avoidance of Eye Contact or Poor Eye Contact.', 'Behavioral Disturbances.', 'Deficits in Language Comprehension.', 'Delay in Learning to Speak.', 'Flat or Monotonous Speech.', 'Inappropriate Social Interaction.']
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One of the first signs of autism in infants is the delay of what's known as babbling. Babbling is exactly what it sounds like: indiscernible words of jumbled consonants and vowels strung together. It's adorable when babies do it, but it's also an important stage of language development.
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['Head jerking.', 'Squinting.', 'Blinking.', 'Shrugging.', 'Grimacing.', 'Nose-twitching.', 'Any excessively repeated movements (for example, foot tapping, leg jerking, or scratching)']
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A recent review of scientific studies found that children with autism are five times more likely to have mealtime challenges such as extremely narrow food selections, ritualistic eating behaviors (e.g. no foods can touch) and meal-related tantrums.
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['intellectual disabilities, ranging from mild to severe.', 'attention deficit and hyperactivity, especially in young children.', 'anxiety and unstable mood.', 'autistic behaviors, such as hand-flapping and not making eye contact.', 'sensory integration problems, such as hypersensitivity to loud noises or bright lights.']
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But when eating habits in young children are extreme, it could be a sign of autism, researchers say. A new study finds atypical eating behaviors -- such as hypersensitivity to food textures or pocketing food without swallowing -- in 70% of kids with autism. That's 15 times the rate typically found in children.
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['Frowning and grimacing.', 'Reddening of the face.', 'The baby may pull up its legs, suggesting stomach pains.', 'Loud and long screaming fits.', 'Loud tummy rumblings.', 'The baby cannot be consoled.', 'The crying lasts for three hours or more.']
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Other signs that your child may have autism As well as showing signs of shyness or a reluctance to socialise, a child with autism may also show other signs.
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['Low oxygen levels at birth.', 'Trouble staying warm.', 'Trouble feeding and gaining weight.', 'Infection.', 'Breathing problems and immature lungs (infant respiratory distress syndrome)', 'Nervous system problems, such as bleeding inside the brain (intraventricular hemorrhage)']
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Babies who watched television or video screens when they were 12 months old showed more autism-like symptoms when they reached age 2, a prospective study showed.