12 Signs of Autism in a 4-year-old

Ezra is Autistic and when he was this age, he showed many signs of Autism. Here are 12 signs of Autism.
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[@7Aheadfamily]

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[@tamaraanderson7260]

Thanks for sharing those 12 signs of autism. All your videos are so helpful!

[@7Aheadfamily]

You are very welcome! ❤️

[@RajVeer87156]

I am very grateful for your videos, it helps a lot to educate ourselves about this condition👍👍👍

[@7Aheadfamily]

I’m so glad they’re helpful! Thanks for watching and sharing ❤️

[@TheAutisticWorldAwesome-2023]

Thank you so much for talking to our neurodiversity group tonight! I was wondering if I could post the video on my KZbin channel (this channel) and on Facebook?

[@7Aheadfamily]

You bet! Thanks for having us. 😊

[@dedsun81]

My 4 year old autistic son does all of these. Thank you for your video.

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you so much for sharing. ❤️

[@raywong959]

Thank you for making this video

[@7Aheadfamily]

You’re welcome.

[@iesha3703]

My son's 4 now and he loves to be spun in circles by himself or have his dad spin him, he will listen to books on KZbin and all day long he repeats phrases from his favorite books and has specific toys he plays with daily and he also loves mechanics and especially eloping he tries to get out of the car or while out walking he tries to run off or even at home windows and doors have safety on them now but I always keep close eye. Some in the community aren't as understanding, but that's okay because some people just don't understand Autism.

[@dianavarona7144]

The speaker is a great idea! Did u buy a specific speaker or just any speaker?

[@7Aheadfamily]

We will try to buy speakers that will survive if he throws them.❤️

[@DeborahAnnsuperversatile]

Maybe climbing on things and/or hiding behind things, thats what I did when there was too much noise when I was younger. Around 4, my mom was babysitting in our house and I climbed up my dresser and plugged my ears, and one time the dresser fell on me but I screamed for help and I was alright, Thankfully. Then, I resorted to hiding in my closet instead. I even slept in my closet and thought it was cozy for a long while.

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you for sharing. We are glad you were all right! ❤️😊❤️

[@elizkofbeautystore7821]

Thanks for sharing.

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thanks for watching!

[@mrios0413]

This really help alot my grandson has autism and has all the signs you described.

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you for watching and commenting ❤️. Much ❤️

[@carriecagnon411]

We haven't gotten our 4 year old tested yet, however a lot of the signs are there. He lays his head sideways on the ground while he lines up all of his toy cars one by one, he hyperfixates on the roombas, he struggles with eye contact (same with cameras), he has speech delay (did a few months of speech therapy and made some headway but most people still can't understand him), his temper is quick to be set off, he has the tantrums (has had them since 1) that would make you think an exorcism was being performed on him (luckily we've worked on coping mechanisms to help him through them with little to no injury to others or himself during them), he's potty trained delayed as he doesn't seem to understand the bodily functions, he has chronic constipation issues which is apparently quite common in those with autism, he mimics shows/movies/song lines and the inflection of the voices for those lines as if he's a skilled actor even if it's something he's only seen/heard once before, has obvious sensory overload issues, used to have touch sensitivity (still does with some fabrics but less so with cuddles and hugs nowadays), is definitely in his own little world quite regularly (super aloof to surrounding situations), and he stems (hip thrusts pillows to self soothe). He picks up puzzles fairly quickly and will happily build you complex things with Legos or blocks with little to no help (we've shown him basic building concepts before and let him go to town afterwards) and he is so insanely empathetic to others sadness specifically...like has gone to a stranger preteen child who was crying and sang them our special song to make them feel better but immediately following that went back into his own little world. I found myself apologizing at birthday parties when he was overloaded and had meltdowns way too often and finally had to take a step back and remember that I don't have to apologize for him being past his limit, I simply need to learn and respect his limits and help him along the way. I have since become his biggest advocate. He is uniquely him and we are nurturing his amazing little brain like we do with our daughter who is not on the spectrum.

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you so much for sharing. ❤️

[@pamperkingjazi7397]

GBLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY STAY STRONG 💪🏼🙏🏼😇🤍🎥YUR ARE A TRUE CHAMPION OF LIFE

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

[@ralph4720]

As a result of sweet little human being, hes funny, he makes me laugh sometimes and it's like I don't even know if I should laugh at Li don't know if I should be laughing at him. That's some of the things he does, it makes me laugh because you kind of remind me of my kids. Cause they'd see it's a different with my kids. Cause I know what hes doing to. Hes a good kid, and hes gonna make you even more proud. Very soon when he finds his special talent. Hes gonna be a very smart young men. Cause you're very smart people and I have something to ask you anytime you feel free. You have time alone when you call me. I want to ask you a question. I think it's a good opportunity for your family. I think you wanna help me out with something? Also, because I trust you people just buy the videos you have and I can tell that you're very nice people and I respect you a lot. If you can't help me out, maybe see if. Someone else I have no idea what I'm doing on the West Coast and I need help.

[@7Aheadfamily]

❤️❤️❤️

[@Rboss_shata]

I have a younger brother who is autistic. It saddens me eveyrday that he cannot have a normal adult life. Tears me apart

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you for sharing ❤️. Well, there are definitely a lot of challenges that come with autism, there are also a lot of blessings. Ezra is by far our happiest child, and isn’t that what everybody really wants? We talk about this a little at the near of this video… 3 Sensory Autism Mistakes at Great Sand Dunes National Park kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5TSnH1rm7Kiqqc

[@darthmewtwosmaster4064]

We definitely can have a normal adult life. It's just harder

[@ashadecastro276]

He can have a normal life

[@r.j.w7924]

​@@ashadecastro276that seems like denial or unrealistically optimistic. I'm not saying he can't be happy or fulfilled or full of love, but a normal life seems a bit far-fetched. He'll need considerable help throughout his life.

[@lovelyliz1013]

Can you do a video on what activities you would do with your adhd son/autistic that actually worked to entertain him with and how to help him learn abc numbers and stuff like that , I’m really having a hard time being able to prepare my son for when he goes to preschool ❤ oh and how potty training went even if it’s just the story for your adhd sons experience ❤

[@7Aheadfamily]

Those are really good ideas. We’ll put them on the list. We are actually trying to potty train both our Autistic sons right now with minimal success. So we’re hoping to have a success story soon! Lol! ❤️

[@lovelyliz1013]

@@7Aheadfamily yes hopefully 🙏 my 4 year old is almost fully potty trained he’ll run to the bathroom for #2 but for #1 is a whole different story😅 constantly changing him in the day and he won’t tell me if he peed he’ll just be playing around like nothing happened and at night he still has to wear pull-ups of course,but he’s on the waiting list for preschool already and I don’t know what else to do to help him especially when it comes to sitting down to learn he just can’t focus and is easily distracted he has adhd and still trying to figure out maybe very mildly autistic but I would love to see how you entertain your children and help them learn I think it’ll be a really popular video❤️ thank you 🙏

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you for sharing. We can for sure share about how we keep them busy learning. They have limited screen time and love to play outside. Simon and Ezra are very different. Good luck with potty training. What has helped you potty train your child? You mentioned you are still working on it. Do you have prizes or something to reinforce him?

[@lovelyliz1013]

@@7Aheadfamily yes so at first I did start prizing him with candy 🍭 since I never really let him eat any but of course that didn’t last cuz he’ll go to crazy with it ,so he’s really obsessed with cars so everytime he’ll go to the restroom he’ll get prized with a little hot wheels, oh and make a big deal when he goes clapping and calling family members to tell them lol and they get excited about it to ,but so one thing that I noticed actually made my son more comfortable too was having his own potty , because I originally had just a toddler toilet seat that you put on the toilet but he was just scared I would say of the big toilet ,and another thing is I would take him to the toilet every 15 to 20 mins and even tho it’s a hassle with the clean ups I did get him big boy underwear and made a big deal out of it and said yay your getting big boy underwear like daddy and of his favorite characters and that was another thing that really motivated him & while I had him sitting on the toilet I would make that his screen time only and would just put a bunch of potty training cartoon videos for him and also kinda just look for his pee q’s my son would get serious and all of a sudden sit still which of course he never does and kinda start figeting ,but I am still working on it with him because the peeing part has just been the hardest to master 😅 (oh and If you do upgrade them to big boy underwear I would buy as many as you can so you won’t be constantly washing oh and when we first started potty training I told him we were staying home until he learned to use the restroom which we did stay home for like a whole week and a half to just focus on the potty training and yes the house will get dirty and hectic but it’s worth it 🙃

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you for the advice. I really like a lot of things you did. Thanks again. ❤️😊❤️

[@agbonlahoromogiui153]

He is so cute. Has he ever sad a word before. My friends daughter didn't speak till she was 8 years old. But now she can't stop talking

[@7Aheadfamily]

He did say a few words when he was really young, here’s his story in a video. We are hoping for a similar result. 😊

[@blakeexaviar9370]

I have autism and when I was four I started kindergarten, and one sign of autism I showed was not interacting with my peers. I never worked with a partner, and I never played with my classmates on the playground. I also couldn't pretend play. My sister who is just 11 months younger than me really enjoyed pretend tea parties, but I couldn't have a tea party unless there was real tea and cookies. I also couldn't play with play food or play dolls with my sister.

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thanks so much for sharing Blake! You have a great memory. 😊 Or did you ask people about that? Very impressive regardless, and you’re right, those are some great ones that we didn’t mention.

[@blakeexaviar9370]

@@7AheadfamilyMy mom told me about the play food, but I remembered the rest. I have a photographic memory, and I can remember entire layouts of different places, like where furniture or store shelves are, things like that. I also remember a lot from my childhood in intense details that most people wouldn't remember. It's cool, but it makes me overthink more I usually would have with the diagnoses I have.

[@7Aheadfamily]

Wow! That's amazing you have such a good memory!

[@ElwynnForest]

How old are you now?

[@blakeexaviar9370]

@@ElwynnForest I'm 17 now.

[@freddy6146]

My 3yrs old have all of this signs…he is autistic and hes going to kindergarten soon. So much to worry about

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you for your comment!❤️❤️ What are some of your main concerns?

[@freddy6146]

He might not be able to catch up in ordinary schools

[@7Aheadfamily]

True. That depends on what school he attends and what the teacher is like who works with him. Good luck

[@Aileen53]

This Friday can y’all go live and do the blind fold challenge where u blind fold yourself and your kids have to guess what food or sauce it is❤😊

[@7Aheadfamily]

Great idea!! We should do that. We’ll see if we can put that together.

[@s.0.d.a.]

I'm suspecting that my cousin has autism, he is 2 years old and I'm seeing so many signs. His mom is also concerned, wish us luck!

[@7Aheadfamily]

Will do! Also, here’s our video for that age…

[@7Aheadfamily]

12 Signs of Autism Under 2 years kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4u6eZRjbMiIqpI

[@7Aheadfamily]

It’s good to be as educated as possible about it. ❤️

[@lexi_2021]

Please also let the doctors know about screen time, if he has any. These days many children who are not on spectrum are exhibiting spectrum like signs because of screen.

[@s.0.d.a.]

@@lexi_2021 thanks for the tip but nope! He barely gets any screen time. He's only 2.

[@MariaFoster-sr2hg]

Thank you.

[@7Aheadfamily]

You’re welcome

[@CapedCrusader69]

I have nothing to runaway from. I’m just moving forward.

[@7Aheadfamily]

Good for you!🩷😊🩷

[@kalegolas]

Jumping and, if the child can talk, very much and long time about the same subject. I suspect strongly that then Simon and maybe Ezra learns more talking you will, no matter if you want it or not, will soon now everything about cars, and get much repetition practice on it ;)

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you for the insight. ❤️

[@selm4846]

Hi, I accidentally found this video. This is the first time I see a kid that is just like my son. My son is 4 years old and behaves the exact same way. He is not diagnosed yet but where I live, it's hard to get the right help and I've been seeking it for 2 years.

[@7Aheadfamily]

I am so glad you found our channel. Please let us know what types of videos would be most helpful to you. What country do you live in? I’m sorry that there aren’t resources available near you. We hope that our channel can be a good resource and help to you.

[@HebrewTorah101]

Question: how well does he put clothes on, on his own? I ask bc I believe my my stepson is on the spectrum and he doesn’t properly put his clothes on correctly

[@7Aheadfamily]

Ezra still can’t get all his clothes on by himself. He can do quite a bit now. He is seven years old now

[@thomasschoeck9080]

If Ezra still likes strawberries he might like the Strawberry Cream Frappuccino at Starbucks. Maybe you can use this as a reward for him every so often. If he does something that’s extra challenging for him you can have them mix in some chocolate syrup for a chocolate covered strawberry type flavor. I sometimes enjoy having that Frappuccino myself for a change of pace when I get tired of the more traditional menu items (especially after a long day of work and/or computer networking studies).

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you for sharing your insight!🩷🩷🩷

[@nomfundondlovu7248]

Arranging things in a straight line even on ledges

[@7Aheadfamily]

Yes

[@thomasschoeck9080]

One issue that you might notice with four-year-olds on the spectrum (or even some older kids) is difficulty visualizing and understanding hypothetical situations. I was just reading part of a fictional story online about a character who was babysitting a neurotypical two-year-old and he was attempting to teach her some basic addition. He used the example of “If you have one apple and I give you one more apple how many apples do you have?”. The character in the story became upset because she liked apples but didn’t have any. The character who was babysitting her tried to explain to her that it was just pretend and that she needed to imagine the apples. She did not understand this yet and the older character ended up having to go on a shopping trip with her to buy apples (among other things). I remember essentially the same scenario playing out with me except I was at least four years old (if not five) and it involved cookies instead of apples. Also, there were cookies in the kitchen so we didn’t need to go shopping that time. I might have been more like five because I was sitting on my mother’s lap instead of in a high chair. This probably happened with me because I was still level two at that age (I’m currently level one). Years later when other people in the family heard the stories about events like this they assumed that I was using temper tantrums and other manipulation tactics to get extra cookies but in actually that was not what was happening. On the other hand, my sister (being level one from the very beginning (She’s still level one)) did eventually learn how to use manipulation tactics of that type to get what she wanted. She was well into her grade school years when she learned how to do that (around age eleven). Incidentally, that was about two to three years before she was diagnosed as being on the spectrum for the first time. Before that (as early as the roughly five-to-seven age range (from what I have been told)) she was erroneously diagnosed with childhood schizophrenia. Back to the subject of math: To avoid scenarios like the one that I describe above it is probably best to make your math instruction as concrete as possible. Even though Simon is generally level one with no intellectual delay I remember something from the evaluation video about him being socially level two. Therefore it’s entirely possible (even likely) that he doesn’t really understand hypothetical situations yet.

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you for sharing. That is very possible. ❤️

[@ralph4720]

My son, my grandson's very healthy because it's just me and him, and my friggin Uncle is like my Uncle dwanko Holmes just passed out on the couch, and I'm gonna see if he wants. To cut, hes pretty drunk right now. Hes being a kind of A. Yeah, you know how drunk people get. Don't wanna name my grandson, so I'm just slaying here with my deaf grandson absolutely doing nothing. But listen to music I put the I listen to the music and I put the speaker on my grandson's chest so I can feel the bass and he laughs. Tremble and bases go to deaf peopl are. That's how they dance is that they can dance to music. Don't dance with them later. But hes kinda ready to fall asleep and speaking to the vike. Mike, and he can't even hear me so. I'm gonna love him, deaf cause hes deaf.

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you for sharing.

[@ralph4720]

I didn't be staying on South temple street in Salt Lake City, how far are you guys from salt lake city and do you have any friends that would help me out cause I never traveled alone I might have my two-year-old grandson I don't know if I'm gonna take a note cause you don't have my last name so I think I'm just gonna go along. I'm I can see if a friend wants to come along. I don't think anyone really wants to go to Utah right now. But I have a lot of friends in Provo. And I want I wanna go visit Brigham Young University. I think I'm gonna go move a little for a little while. In Provo Utah and I have to go to California. I am I might be coming to Utah from LAX cause I had to go to California and visit my cousin who lives like almost in Mexico on the Mexican border in California. And I was wondering if you have anyone who would help me

[@7Aheadfamily]

Yeah, these next few months for us I are incredibly busy. Sorry about that.

[@ralph4720]

@@7Aheadfamily no problem 😊 👌

[@7Aheadfamily]

❤️

[@MDari557]

As I’m watching this , my teen just decided he wanted to “take a drive” . He doesn’t have a destination and usually will just drive by the same places all the time. I thought at first it was strange but now I realize he just needs the time to clear his head and just get away sometimes. Love your videos!

[@7Aheadfamily]

That makes sense. I know people that like to go for drives. I personally like to go for walks, even if I go to the same places. ❤️

[@r.j.w7924]

So I've been watching a number of your videos and your family and the love and support you all have for one another are remarkable. But I have to ask: aren't some these simply "signs of being a four year old child" and not autistic? It wouldn't bother me to see a 3 or 4 year old spinning around or closing doors as long as they weren't also non verbal, or unable to make eye contact, difficult to engage or always in their own world, etc, does that make sense? What's the difference in the not so classic behaviors in the video here that make them signs of autism as opposed to just "he or she is three or four years old"?

[@7Aheadfamily]

You’re right, many Neurotypical children do display many of the traits of autism at different times, but there really is a difference with autism. As parents who have three Neurotypical children, and two on the spectrum, one level one and one level three, we definitely see the differences. Autism can cause difficulties in speech and language development. A child with autism might use fewer words or have trouble communicating or becoming verbose or repetitive in their speech. They may also have difficulty speaking in complete and complex sentences. Hope this helps!❤️

[@galileasalamanca3129]

Gracias por tanta información, mi hijo si hace contacto visual , como es el único nino y 3 mujeres lo consentimos demasiado , que tengan un exelente Jueves ❤❤❤

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you for sharing. How old is your son?

[@galileasalamanca3129]

​@@7Aheadfamily5 years

[@galileasalamanca3129]

​@@7Aheadfamilyahora va ir al kinder garden , yo hablo español mis hijas los 2 idiomas, el toma mi mano cuando nesesita halgo, y aprendió con su maestra a decir don't do that , pero si sus resultados son de un nino de 2 anos en su avance.

[@7Aheadfamily]

Cool.

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you for sharing. We wish you guys the very best. ❤️😊❤️

[@ralph4720]

As a result, really cute little guy, I mean, hes always busy. Hes a busy little guy, too.😂 Is Azerbaijan small for his age? I can't tell on this phohe. Looks like about the same size as one of my grandsons. At four years old, he looks just like one of my grandsons

[@7Aheadfamily]

That’s cool. ❤️

[@ralph4720]

Wish I could be there when you talk about Simon in school has he had a bad day and was fresh in school yet

[@7Aheadfamily]

Wish you could be there too. Simon is doing really well in school

[@ralph4720]

@7Aheadfamily Hes a good kid, just hes not around. Foul mouth, kids like mine.ivan is always changing what Ben at 5 years old called me an a,hole he's in trouble 😳 Hes the smallest one of them all, but I don't know what I'm gonna do with them. Because he doesn't have a foul mouth.ivan and Ben are my twins ones fresh I might try to Ben and my nephew to and acade tomorrow

[@7Aheadfamily]

I see

[@ralph4720]

@7Aheadfamily It's just so different from were Massachusetts to were your from It's like I think I'm gonna be living Connecticut for quite a while and I need to move out of Massachusetts. I want to go to West Coast soon. Have a lot of people that want to see we need to see each other. I have a grandson and an Oregon so I wanna see if I can see him. I know see what I can do. Everyone wants to say in saint Paul but I had to go to St. Louis area of Missouri somewhere in Missouri to meet app with a very good friend cause he. I have a bunch of nieces and nephews. And virginia beach is very high on my list too

[@7Aheadfamily]

Awesome 👏

[@thomasschoeck9080]

I noticed the dinosaur plushie. Does Simon still like dinosaurs? It wouldn’t be surprising if he does. In most most episodes of Caillou Caillou is four years old (Simon’s current age) and he also likes dinosaurs (to the point of having a stuffed dinosaur named Rexie (who is not unsurprisingly a T-Rex). If Simon likes dinosaurs he might enjoy watching Dinosaur Train on PBS. In addition if you travel this Summer on a long trip to Disney World or his grandmother’s house (for example) you might see some level of regression (of various types) from Simon during the Summer. If this happens then positive reinforcement (perhaps involving something car, animal, or dinosaur-related) can help to get things back on track if any regression does happen. There are two main reasons that regression can happen during the Summer. The first is the lack of external structure associated with a school curriculum, homework assignments (if any), etc. The second reason is that it is not all that uncommon for parents to have three, four, or sometimes (a bit less often) even five-year-olds wear pull-on-style disposable undergarments for a long flight or even just a long drive. This has the advantage of (usually) keeping the seats clean in the car or plane. The downside of this is that some kids can get too used to using the undergarments and sometimes forget when they are not wearing them. You can imagine the results. The bottom line is that you could have Simon wear something like disposable training pants for long trips but if you do be aware of the potential downside of that decision. It might be better to do what my mother did with me around Simon’s age (or even as old as five or so) on trips to the grocery store. Basically when I didn’t have much control yet my mother would have me sit in the seat of the shopping cart with regular clothes and underwear on and a pair of shorts made of a thin material that liquid could easily flow through. Under that there would be one or more folded bath towels, a beach towel, or even one of my mother’s old sweatshirts to absorb anything that might need to be absorbed. If Simon will be flying somewhere this Summer and he will not be sitting in a car seat then this could be a practical alternative to disposable training pants for a long flight. On the other hand, for a long drive you might be better off just keeping him well-fed,well-hydrated and putting him in disposable training pants for the drive. For best results you will want to have him wear nighttime ones (if available) even during the day because they tend to be more absorbent and have more capacity. They also might work better when seated than the daytime ones would (It may depend on the specific brand, though). It might be a good idea for him to have these on a long drive where he might fall asleep even during the day. It is important to have plenty of changes of clothes because spills can happen, even the best training pants can leak and in addition he could forget that he is wearing underwear instead of training pants for a while when he gets to the destination. That could cause some accidents of either or both kinds (including some that might look a lot like “on purposes” (whether they are truly deliberate or not)). The solution that I mentioned above for long shopping trips and long flights is usually not workable on road trips because the straps on a car seat need to provide a very specific fit in order to provide any meaningful protection. Please consult your car seat’s manual and the manufacturer’s web site for any questions that you might have about this. I think this pretty much covers my thoughts on this for now.

[@7Aheadfamily]

Simon does still like dinosaurs, though he likes cars better.❤️❤️❤️

[@jocelynclugh3249]

I love you family ty for the veido

[@7Aheadfamily]

Of course! Thank you for watching. What videos do you like the best?

[@jocelynclugh3249]

@@7Aheadfamily this one and all the family trips

[@7Aheadfamily]

Awesome! We need to get some more of those family trips out there. 😊 we still have the whole East Coast. We haven’t done yet.

[@jocelynclugh3249]

@@7Aheadfamily wow you kids and you will love it maybe you can visit ohio

[@7Aheadfamily]

I loved Ohio! 😊 Cuyahoga National Park was one of my favorite. It was so pretty. ❤️

[@roseybxlla3109]

What to do? My mom ignores all my clear signs of autism. I tried talking to her but I didn’t explain everything bc idk how to express what I think or my feelings correctly. Sometimes I just end up not expressing them after all. Since I was a baby, i couldnt speak in full sentences till i was halfway through my age of 4. I do many weird actions and after further research i figured out it was stims I was doing. I use filler words such as uh/um a lot when trying to speak and mispornounce things a lot even when I don’t mean too. I’m sensitive to noises and texture. It takes me at least 3 times to see the person before remembering their name. I have trouble socializing with peers and sometimes I either have a very deep eye contact while im Day dreaming or just look around rather than have eye contact, i hate being touched unless i allow them to touch me. I was a very shy child and have few friends. I find it hard to start a conversation and keep it going with new people. If new people are transferred to my school I’m always the last person to talk to anyone. I hate working in groups. I’m often the ladt person to understand jokes. Idk what to do.

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you for sharing your story. ❤️ That can be a difficult thing I am sure to feel like you’re not being heard. So, how old are you now? Are you in the United States?

[@roseybxlla3109]

@@7Aheadfamily uh.. im in the us and im pretty young like below 15 im sorry if this seems rude

[@7Aheadfamily]

No you’re good. Just wondering if you might be able to get a diagnosis by going through the school? Maybe some of your teachers might help?

[@roseybxlla3109]

@@7Aheadfamily ill try but school starts in september

[@roseybxlla3109]

@@7Aheadfamily i was thinking of talking to the school counselor about this bc i feel like it would be a better option than my teachers

[@user-ww5us9iw2q]

Why is there like nothing for the adults online any where all of us grow up and it doesn’t just go away and would be helpful for some adults stuff but I learn a lot for the kids I just found out I was autistic 4 months ago and I am 41 so I am trying to learn more when I do read stuff it like what I am reading is talking to me about me and stuff but I started new stimming and drs said of tic it’s Tourette’s tics and I found out it’s my stimming to help me sensorys but I didn’t do the vocal of body ones until I was 40 so it was hard now I can’t get rid of them just happens on it’s own but I can say the sounds are coming for the type of hard core anxiety I have in set like my chest gets tight and the tick releases pressure out of my check then the bony one seem to be an anxiety surge threw my whole body and the anxiety feels electrical

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank yo for sharing. I’ve never heard anxiety described that way before. ❤️

[@Belsknowsnothing]

My son also can’t stand to wear clothes. He doesn’t understand that people have to wear clothes in public and often tries to just shed his clothes. He is also four.

[@7Aheadfamily]

That is unfortunate, since we happen to live in a society and culture that demands clothes on people. 😂 I am sorry this is difficult for him. Ezra, our son, will always take off his clothes during the night so we have to put pajamas on him that are made specifically for kids who take the clothes off. It zips in the back and buttons so that he can’t get it off. :-) ❤️

[@pamelapetro3157]

My sons 4 year old doing the same things and tantrums as well

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you for sharing!🩷 If you have any questions feel free to ask!😊

[@AnnGoslinn]

I think you mentioned that Ezra had near death experience. Is there a video about that?

[@7Aheadfamily]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5qsloBvapZ-ecWWthat video is here. This was our second video we ever made. And we tell the story of Ezra’s experience when the doctors told us he had cancer. ❤️

[@phantomvampyressshadowkiss4690]

Emmalina does that . She takes eggs and eggshells and forks and utensils and many other kitchen things. She eats dish soap

[@7Aheadfamily]

That could be a problem. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@phantomvampyressshadowkiss4690]

@@7Aheadfamily I told her therapists that and it's one of her things she likes the suds dunno why lolx

[@7Aheadfamily]

Interesting. Thank you for watching! ❤️😊❤️

[@hanifgta1867]

my son is 4 year old i have already told hv about my son when he was 3 years old his different to my other children .he likes chewing on cardboard or toilet role he doesn’t make enough eye contact he plays with sweets instead of eating it he doesn’t like communicating with other he will go to his bedroom if he sees any one outside his family his speech is still not clear very hard to understand sometimes and it’s frustrates him .he doesn’t play with toys as normal kids will ge he plays a music on my phone he repeats it over and over again waiting on specialist to see him it’s been a year on the waiting list

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you for sharing. ❤️❤️❤️ Best of luck.

[@shyofthemoon1175]

Do you have an MTHFR genetic mutation?

[@7Aheadfamily]

Not sure

[@UchihaSumairu]

not Pointing is one as common and important as eye contact I think. Usually a child will point at things that are interesting or if you ask them to point. Covering ears and hyper sensitivity to sounds. My son will make himself flip out when he hears the "mail time" song from blues clues while hes smiling miliseconds before its time to "WAAAAAAILL". Overwhelming himself with emotions. happiness or excitement will make him throw himself to the ground and kind of "freak out" for a couple of seconds before standing up and acting like nothing happened. Scripting. Repeating things that he's heard in random situations usually not associated with anything though it can be. Sometimes these scripts can be long enough that they seem like he's "speaking" when he's really just saying lines from shows. ( I want to make a joke about some Marines I know :P We know about your anchorman scripting)

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you so much for sharing!

[@nathanjw940]

I would put my shirt in my mouth throughout elementary school and spread saliva everywhere was a stim for me. Still have less obvious but issues with it into adulthood with mild autism.

[@7Aheadfamily]

That is one we are familiar with. ❤️

[@nathanjw940]

@@7Aheadfamily my brother has more severe and had none of those issues

[@7Aheadfamily]

Interesting. Thanks for sharing! ❤️

[@nathanjw940]

@@7Aheadfamily we're dead opposites in so many ways other than I believe we're both awesome. He's made our family better. We're both introverts but mine is not as noticeable until I burnout at home. I over talk he talks a lot when he's comfortable but will disappear in a crowd. He thrives going shopping and being out if I could get everything on Amazon I would.

[@7Aheadfamily]

Cool. I’ll have to agree with you about Amazon. You are both awesome! 😊

[@hadsontitus4545]

My son is 8 and going through this, to this day as parents we know something is not right with our son. He seems very intelligent, however, today I now know it is Autism. He finds trouble associating with others at school, sometimes resorts to crying out loud. Back here in Africa, we have thought its witchcraft, some literate recommend special needs but its been hard for us to think its right. We sometimes think he is naughty yet it is a challenge in his growth. It is a hard experience

[@7Aheadfamily]

Wow. That must be very difficult. I am so sorry. Where do you live in Africa? It’s a big place. 😊 I hope you can find support for your son and know how to help him. Please feel free to ask questions here if you want to.

[@hadsontitus4545]

@@7Aheadfamily we are in Uganda and in the capital Kampala. I surely need help for the boy. He is intelligent in class, but he can choose not to write his exams or even his class work yet surprisingly he may have heard every word and grasps it in his head. He cant even sit for two minutes on his desk. Too much diverse experiences

[@7Aheadfamily]

Yes, that sounds a lot like Ezra. ❤️

[@AdamAndersonP]

❤️❤️❤️

[@7Aheadfamily]

💜💜💜

[@johnmoore7210]

What does your autistic child think about windchimes? Balloons? Does he like them?

[@7Aheadfamily]

They both like balloons and wind chimes

[@thomasschoeck9080]

The main difference between autistic and neurotypical kids is how often they do the activities depicted in this video.

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you for sharing!🩵🩵

[@user-yi9ee6lm6z]

Hello there, is Autism can be treated and disappeared?

[@7Aheadfamily]

Great question, we are going to do a video on this very soon, so stay tuned. 😊 But Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by 3 specific challenges in social interaction, communication difficulties, and repetitive behaviors. Since it is a neurodevelopmental disorder that happens in the second trimester of a pregnancy, it is some thing that will always be with an individual, however, everyone’s story is different, It’s been our experience that therapy can be very helpful when the focus is to give the autistic person the most independence as possible. For everyone that we know autism is something that stays with us throughout our life, but the symptoms and severity can change to the point that many would not recognize the autism in an individual.

[@ashasweetyu]

Looks like a normal child behavior to me. It’s weird how we join children behavior. A lot of kids chew on their shirts, I use to do this. Even eat my boogers and do all sorts of weird things.

[@7Aheadfamily]

You’re right! Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by 3 specific challenges in social interaction, communication difficulties, and repetitive behaviors. An individual must have struggles with all three in order for them to be autistic. It is considered a spectrum disorder because it can manifest in a variety of ways and to varying degrees of severity. Autism affects individuals differently, and each person with autism has a unique set of strengths and challenges.

[@7Aheadfamily]

Here are more examples of how that can look…

[@7Aheadfamily]

Does My Child Have Autism? kzbin.info/aero/PLLCliYhgnblYm-etf6OwMac8KV9Ml8Wmf

[@svetavinogradova4243]

You do love lecturing! Abnormality in your kids is something that keeps you happy, occupied and getting attention. Instead of training the child to walk next to the parent (even a a puppy is capable of such skill if the owner is smart), we create content to show off mommy.

[@7Aheadfamily]

Wow! I hoped people would see how sharing our story can help others. I assure you this channel is not for getting attention. The motive is so much deeper than that. ❤️ it’s truly about service.

[@svetavinogradova4243]

@@7Aheadfamily Do would you like to correct autism out, to the point of cure? Or prefer to keep "servicing othe s" by keeping both kids autistic? I see simply measures that will get rid of the signs of autism in both kids of yours.

[@7Aheadfamily]

It’s interesting that you say, “get rid of the autism” a lot of the time for autistic people, this is simply just learning how to mask and hide their autism, which should only be the individual’s choice to do, not someone else’s expectation. I think parents shouldn’t force their kids to hide their Autistic traits. Are you saying you can cure Autism? I’m all ears. What do you have in mind?

[@svetavinogradova4243]

@@7Aheadfamily There is nothing to mask, as autism is just a label for certain behaviour, a term and no more. No behaviour = no diagnosis. Autism is only, exclusively and absolutely a label! Certain behaviours present = autism. Certain behaviours not present?= no autism. Athis is how diagnostic works! You need to understand that instead of the term "autistic" there could be "weirdacting" term. This diagnosis does not explain anything, it is a NAME! Like calling a colour black! If someone masks the black surface by painting the white over, the surface is not black any more! You cannot mask something that disappears as soon as masking starts! We all have to supress some hehaviours: farting in public, noisy crealing of our nose, scratching groin, picking bogies, picking meat from teeth, yawning at some boring person's talk, swearing... these are all netural human behaviours that we must mask, must supress in order to not be anti-social. The guides in whoch behaviours we must supress are the parents: they have power of carrot and stick to guide us. A mother who lets her child fart in public, smear food and scratch bottom in a restauranr , then goes diagnoses him with a "fartbottomscratchfoodsmear syndrome" is just not fulfilling her proper parental role! You must condition them to supress certain behaviours ( like biting, farting, avoidance of eye contact) and to unfold the others ( like saying hello and thank you, eating nicely). This is your job! No hood it is to refuse to do this job then blame the child! Putting a psychiatric label on him. The term " autism" can ge read as " mother did not teach proper behavior, did not weed out inappropriate nehaviours". The diagnosis means nothing but that!

[@merryhunt9153]

@@svetavinogradova4243 Sveta, you are talking nonsense. If you had a four-year-old who never looked you in the face and had never spoken a word to you, you would feel the tragedy of autism.

[@pamelapetro3157]

My son is 4

[@7Aheadfamily]

Thank you for sharing!💕💕

[@svetavinogradova4243]

My reply to user "merry-hunt" (did not show in the thread for some reason): This is how your mum taught you to start conversation? Very toxic of her! I correct autism in children , I work with their mothers and we succesfully get rid of autism. If your 4 y old never looked you in the face, then I have a question for you: how did you manage to keep giving him food all those 3.5 years ( starting from 6 months old) wothout ensuring eye contact is given first? Feeding had to be : he looks at you, ONLY then he gets a bit of food. This is called Pavlov law. All mammals are subject to it. Achieve the behaviour, then reonforce it by approval and food. Do not satisfy needs without achieving the required behaviour ( eye contact). Regarding non-speaking: I can tell you something about you:1) you did not introduce solid ps for your baby at 4 months old. Right? 2) By 8 months, your baby was not taught to drink out of a cup and spoon, to bit off cookies and other solid pieces, and to chew them, but had a bottle, . Right? 3) You blended foods beyond 9 months. Right? 4) Your kid was allowed to watch screens, cartoons, gadgets by age 2. Right? 5) By 12 months, your kid was not taught to stay nappy free and nptice bodily functions. Right? 6) By 18 months, your toddler was not trained to immediately obey the NO ( or STOP) word. It is all so predictable! You were preparing the non-speaking with passion, for a long time. It is like A-levels. Sudden bad results are not really sudden, they started with slow reading at age 5.

[@7Aheadfamily]

I am curious, where do you live? Are you in the US?

[@svetavinogradova4243]

@@7Aheadfamily no, not in the US :) however, US model if diagnostics is well known to me and used.

[@7Aheadfamily]

What if someone was incapable of eye contact. Would they have to starve then, according to this “Pavlov’s Law”. Witch by the way I have never seen applied this way before. I will remind you, Pavlov’s major studies were all done on dogs, not humans.

[@7Aheadfamily]

Right. 😊 Well said.

[@svetavinogradova4243]

@@7Aheadfamily There are no young children who are incapable of having eye contact. You hold the child's head and turn it towards yourself, or you move to their side to catch their eyes into an eye contact. If you catch it properly and then reward, the next eye contact will be easier. You catch it and then reward. The child needs to know in practice that all good things on life are only happening after and with eye contact. Three-for weeks later eye contact becomes natural, 6 months later the child absolutely forgets any past difficulties with eye contact. Delusional imagining some inabilities in own child requires psychotherapy for a parent, not a child. Applying "what ifs" without proper trying to check in practice is not rational. You have never seen good ABA, because you never allow therapists to force anything in your kid ( establishing eye contact is the parents' job, anyway, ABA just cleans someone's dirty laundry) . If a child refuses some life-important skill, the only proper way is to create the situation where this thing will be unavoidable, then reward the compliance, then develop this to the degree of natural habit. There are lots of studies that confirm that Pavlov's law applies to humans, of course. We are manmals and are subject to reflexes. Well , what study can YOU site to support your belief that your particular two sons are not like the rest 8 billion humans on this planet? Your empty belief? Or your NEED of their abnormality, so nothing that would correct them, is ever allowed to be used? Anyway, saying " it won't work" without correct trying is called escaping. We are coming back to understanding that the channel and money-asking website would become obsolete with cure of autism in your kids.

[@CapedCrusader69]

I dont need parental consent to get married

[@7Aheadfamily]

True

[@estevanclementi230]

"Commucates through an Ipad" IPad is not a form of communication. You people think shoving a screen in front of toddlers will improve them but it's literally the reason why they are regressing.

[@7Aheadfamily]

My son has level 3 nonverbal Autism. If you spent time with him, you would see, as the professionals do that we didn’t cause his autism by putting him in front of a screen. Ezra also has what’s called Apraxia of Speech. It makes it very difficult for him to create speech sounds.

[@thomasschoeck9080]

@@7AheadfamilyI read in an article a while back that some physical conditions can also cause difficulty with this. For example, there is a condition called “tongue tie” that effects the ability to move the tongue as much as it needs to be moved to create normal speech sounds. I think it has something to do with either muscles or connective tissue. From what I have read some children with this condition are erroneously diagnosed with severe autism and/or apraxia of speech and in some cases they either turn out to be more mildly autistic than previously thought or in some rare instances they turn out to be neurotypical. Tongue tie is usually diagnosed at birth or in the first two years but sometimes it can fall through the cracks for five to seven years (if not slightly longer). If a child has this condition there is a simple procedure to fix it and speech usually comes along fairly quickly with as little as six months to a year of speech therapy after that. Ezra has probably already been checked for this condition by his pediatrician, his dentist, or his speech therapist (or all of the above) but I figured I would mention the possibility of this anyway. If nothing else, someone reading this might have a child with tongue tie who has not been diagnosed yet.