Comments on: Signs of Autism Present as Early as 8 Months http://www.realityprime.com/articles/signs-of-autism-present-as-early-as-8-months Advanced Technology Research Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:57:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: avi http://www.realityprime.com/articles/signs-of-autism-present-as-early-as-8-months/comment-page-1#comment-20320 avi Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:31:52 +0000 http://www.realityprime.com/?p=304#comment-20320 I think the researchers know that the child is communicating. The point is the child (and my child) lives in a western culture, where making eye contact is an important skill to develop. I think the researchers know that the child is communicating. The point is the child (and my child) lives in a western culture, where making eye contact is an important skill to develop.

]]> By: Kent http://www.realityprime.com/articles/signs-of-autism-present-as-early-as-8-months/comment-page-1#comment-20300 Kent Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:37:47 +0000 http://www.realityprime.com/?p=304#comment-20300 "One little boy, captured on video by psychologist Wendy Stone at Vanderbilt University, repeatedly places a researcher’s hand on the cookie jar but never once looks at her face to see why she isn’t responding. " The child was communicating, just not in the typical fashion. If the child receives the same response repeatedly, he likely will stop trying to communicate at all. Researches do this often with children with autism. Typically its during the ADOS test. Eye contact is a particularly western cultural value, not shared with much of the rest of the world. “One little boy, captured on video by psychologist Wendy Stone at Vanderbilt University, repeatedly places a researcher’s hand on the cookie jar but never once looks at her face to see why she isn’t responding. ”

The child was communicating, just not in the typical fashion. If the child receives the same response repeatedly, he likely will stop trying to communicate at all. Researches do this often with children with autism. Typically its during the ADOS test. Eye contact is a particularly western cultural value, not shared with much of the rest of the world.

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