{"id":3140,"date":"2012-05-14T07:23:40","date_gmt":"2012-05-14T15:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.everhear.com\/?p=3140"},"modified":"2024-11-26T10:41:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T18:41:07","slug":"is-my-child-autistic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/is-my-child-autistic\/","title":{"rendered":"Is my child autistic?"},"content":{"rendered":"

With increasing incidence of autism<\/a>, parents are often alarmed when their child is\u00a0not developing\u00a0in the same way as other children his\/her age. When\u00a0parents bring their child in for an evaluation at our clinic, there are times when I can see that question\u00a0or worry in their faces. Well, as clinicians, we always\u00a0look for “the red flags”\u00a0in any child\u00a0who is\u00a0showing delays or differences in his\/her communication skills. Identifying a few signs doesn’t mean a diagnosis, but it will mean that the child may need a more comprehensive evaluation. Usually, for a child to be diagnosed with autism, he\/she will need to be evaluated by a team of professionals often including a pediatrician, pediatric neurologist or neuropsychologist, a speech-language pathologist, an audiologist, an occupational therapist, etc.<\/p>\n

The following is a list of behaviors that are considered “red flags” for autism (www.autismspeaks.org<\/a>).<\/p>\n