Mom's Early Warning Signs for Seamus
Video Summary
A mother of two boys with autism, describes how her eldest son, Seamus, struggled with a wide variety of everyday experiences like feeding, bathing, and taking a different route to school. Though many pediatricians considered the case borderline, Seamus' mother listened to her instinct and enrolled Seamus in the early intervention services that have helped transform his behavior.
"He fought everything. He didn't like anything if I bathe him, dress him, feed him whatever we needed to do he fought. "
— Mom of Seamus
Keywords
- Autism-General Information
- pediatrician's role
- Early Intervention (EI)
- Early Signs
- General Behaviors
- tantrums
- Play
- inappropriate play with toys
- Restricted
- insistence on sameness
- Self-Injurious Behavior
- Head banging
- Social Interaction
- social skills
- Verbal Communicative Skills
- lack of expressive language
- expressive language