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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't care for the autism speaks criteria.  My child is on the Aspergers end of the spectrum (well, rather, the AS "'vector").  He was pointing well before 12 mos, early verbal, etc.  He was even capable of great joint attention--but what I didn't know was that his joint attention occurred much less frequently than a lot of other babies.  For him, the strong interests started pretty early as well as a lot of sensory sensitivities, fussiness in crowds/stores/etc., and high need in general.  Food sensitivities.  Trust your insincts, and if it's too early to do anything, just try to orient your child to your facial expressions and nonverbal communication and try to establish joint attention in fun ways.  As your child gets older, try to talk a lot about your own perspective, feelings, etc., so that some perspective-taking ability develops, as this is a core deficit for kids on the high functioning end of the spectrum.  Best wishes.[/quote]

Right. Because mother's instinct is so much better than using psychiatric diagnostic criteria. [/quote]

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