Thursday, November 20, 2008

Signs of Autism

It was probably back in March or April that suspicions arose. Elisha began to lose eye contact. He could make eye contact but it was brief. He stopped responding to his name and then he lost already acquired skills, such as speech. I went back and looked at videos before the symptoms manifested. I found a video that I love. It was recorded when he was about 13 months. Notice his response. This was him before:





I love Elisha. Here is a video that I took a couple months ago. If you notice in the following video when I call Elisha's name, Isaac immediately looks at me, while Elisha never responds. Elisha at age 24 months:


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