{"id":1282,"date":"2018-03-29T20:45:47","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T15:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.serrendipforautism.com\/demo1\/?page_id=1282"},"modified":"2018-03-29T20:45:47","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T15:15:47","slug":"symptoms-and-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.serrendipforautism.com\/hi\/symptoms-and-diagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Symptoms and Diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>POSSIBLE SIGNS OF AUTISM IN BABIES AND TODDLERS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>By 6 months, no social smiles or other warm, joyful expressions directed at people<\/li>\n<li>By 6 months, limited or no eye contact<\/li>\n<li>By 9 months, no sharing of vocal sounds, smiles or other nonverbal communication<\/li>\n<li>By 12 months, no babbling<\/li>\n<li>By 12 months, no use of gestures to communicate (e.g. pointing, waving etc.)<\/li>\n<li>By 12 months, no response to name when called<\/li>\n<li>By 16 months, no words<\/li>\n<li>By 24 months, no meaningful, two-word phrases<\/li>\n<li>Any loss of any previously acquired speech, babbling or social skills<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Possible signs of autism at any age:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Avoids eye contact and prefers to be alone<\/li>\n<li>Struggles with understanding other people\u2019s feelings<\/li>\n<li>Remains nonverbal or has delayed language development<\/li>\n<li>Repeats words or phrases over and over (echolalia)<\/li>\n<li>Gets upset by minor changes in routine or surroundings<\/li>\n<li>Has highly restricted interests<\/li>\n<li>Performs repetitive behaviors such as flapping, rocking or spinning<\/li>\n<li>Has unusual and often intense reactions to sounds, smells, tastes, textures, lights and\/or colors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>If you have concerns after reviewing this page, please contact your physician.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Resource link- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autismspeaks.org\/what-autism\/from-first-concern-to-action\/learn-signs\">https:\/\/www.autismspeaks.org\/what-autism\/from-first-concern-to-action\/learn-signs<\/a><\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POSSIBLE SIGNS OF AUTISM IN BABIES AND TODDLERS: By 6 months, no social smiles or other warm, joyful expressions directed\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.serrendipforautism.com\/hi\/symptoms-and-diagnosis\/\">more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1282","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.serrendipforautism.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.serrendipforautism.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.serrendipforautism.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.serrendipforautism.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.serrendipforautism.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.serrendipforautism.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1282\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.serrendipforautism.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}