Parent Interview

This interview is conducted with the mother of a five-year-old patient who is suffering from Autism. Due to privacy reasons, the name of the patient has been completely changed.

When your child's disability was initially suspected? Please discuss who brought it to parents attention. If it was the parent who first suspected it, what was the cause for the suspicion?

The child's disability was initially noted when Jessica was three years of age. This disability came more into my attention when Jessica's younger sibling reached about one year of age. Comparison between the two siblings showed that something was really wrong with Jessica. As opposed to her younger brother, Jessica was more socially withdrawn. We used to notice that Jessica didn't respond as readily to her name and panicked a lot in large gatherings. Thinking it was just a normal infant reaction, we didn't pay much attention to...
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