What to do? What to do?

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I still don't know what it is. I will find out tommorrow. Going to bed now

What is autism?
Autism is a brain disorder that often interferes with a person's ability to communicate with and relate to others.

Signs of autism almost always develop before a child is 3 years old, although the condition is sometimes not diagnosed until later. Typically, parents first become concerned when they notice that their toddler does not begin to talk or does not respond and interact like other children of the same age. Toddlers with autism do not usually develop speech normally and may seem to be deaf although hearing tests are normal.

Autism also affects how a child perceives and processes sensory information.

The severity of autism varies. Some individuals need assistance in almost all aspects of their daily lives, while others are able to function at a very high level and can even attend school in a regular classroom. While this is a lifelong condition that typically results in some degree of social isolation, treatment can make a major difference in the lives of people with autism. Early diagnosis and comprehensive treatment has resulted in increasing numbers of people with autism being able to live independently as adults..

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Symptoms-

Core symptoms
The severity of symptoms varies greatly between individuals; however, all people with autism have some core symptoms in the areas of:

Social interactions and relationships. Symptoms may include:
Significant problems developing nonverbal communication skills, such as eye-to-eye gazing, facial expressions, and body posture.
Failure to establish friendships with children the same age.
Lack of interest in sharing enjoyment, interests, or achievements with other people.
Lack of empathy. People with autism may have difficulty understanding another person's feelings, such as pain or sorrow.
Verbal and nonverbal communication. Symptoms may include:
Delay in, or lack of, learning to talk. As many as 50% of people with autism never speak.2
Problems taking steps to start a conversation. Also, people with autism have difficulties continuing a conversation once it has begun.
Stereotyped and repetitive use of language. People with autism often repeat over and over a phrase they have heard previously (echolalia).
Difficulty understanding their listener's perspective. For example, a person with autism may not understand that someone is using humor. They may interpret the communication word for word and fail to catch the implied meaning.
Limited interests in activities or play. Symptoms may include:
An unusual focus on pieces. Younger children with autism often focus on parts of toys, such as the wheels on a car, rather than playing with the entire toy.
Preoccupation with certain topics. Older children and adults are often fascinated by train schedules, weather patterns, or license plates.
A need for sameness and routines. For example, a child with autism may always need to eat bread before salad and insist on driving the same route every day to school.
Stereotyped behaviors. These include body rocking and hand flapping.

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I have a question in reference to the autism:

Have most of the autistic kids you have come into contact with have a gift specific to one individual focal point? A friend of the family has an autistic kid who is amazing when it comes to sketching. I can barely draw a stick man and this kid who can't speak or barely socially interact can replicate shit in minutes. I saw a tv show once of an autistic child that was a genius when it came to math, another with music and another who could quote lengthy works of art word for word after hearing them only once.

On topic: Why not give the guy a chance, if you don't he's going to keep asking anyway as long as his kid gets treated at your location.

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I have a question in reference to the autism:

Have most of the autistic kids you have come into contact with have a gift specific to one individual focal point? A friend of the family has an autistic kid who is amazing when it comes to sketching. I can barely draw a stick man and this kid who can't speak or barely socially interact can replicate shit in minutes. I saw a tv show once of an autistic child that was a genius when it came to math, another with music and another who could quote lengthy works of art word for word after hearing them only once.

Yep. They all have diff things though...One kid comes in and lines everything in the toybox from largest to smallest without eventhinking about it...Another little girl can do math problems at ridiculous speed. We also have a repeater(can tell you every single thing u said in a conversation.)So yes.

On topic: Why not give the guy a chance, if you don't he's going to keep asking anyway as long as his kid gets treated at your location.

I did. we talked...Cut the convo short though, I want him to call again.

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kudos to you........

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