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Subject: 10 month old

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Knance

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Date Posted: 07:47:50 10/09/07 Tue

Kelly: I watched the same special from Jenny McCarthy and my son is also a hand flapper. I work as school social worker and have experience with Autistic kids. The hand flapping is a characteristic of autism (as a self soothing mechanism), but hand flapping is also a gross motor skill infant/toddlers go through. My son shakes everything to see if it makes noise and sometimes when he is flapping his hands make noise. My husband is thinking our son has autism just like you. It is great that you are concerned, but there are other points in Jenny's special that are warning signs that are not specific to Autism. She said her son suffered from seizures at a young age which can contribute to lack of functioning in the brain as well. I am no doctor, but seizures impact the brain in so many different ways. Look for other signs when Emma Kelly gets older like lack of speech, lack of social interaction, does not like to be touched and as she gets older odd thoughts or fixations. A child will have these signs usually befor the age of 3 in order to be diagnosed. I know I am not worried about my son having autism because if he does I would love him just the same and we are learing so much about the disorder everyday and there is a lot of early intervention out there. A good resource is parents as teachers that can come to your home and help you learn how to play with your child and things to look for. Also in your area there should be a screening professionals can do for fine/gross motor skills and language up until the age of 5 years. Hang in there as parents we want the best for our children, but can not control the life already set out for them!!

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