Eye Contact!!! - Autism Spectrum Message Board

rywilli25 · 08-29-2004, 04:19 PM

Hey everyone My daughter Cayla lost all eye contact at 12 months old. I took her off of milk at 14 months old and started supplementing cod liver oil. Within a month her eye contact was coming back. My question is she has very good eye contact now and will follow me through the room, but i still dont feel like i am reaching her. She cant talk so her only communication is crying (which she does a lot). I still feel like she is in a fog. She will look at me and smile, and i can get her to laugh, but just cant get her to come out of that shell. We are trying many supplements and she is on the gf/cf diet. We will be starting chelation at the end of september. I am hoping the chelation will make a big difference. I know that a lot of autistic kids have trouble with eye contact. I was just wondering if this is a great sign that we may get our daughter out of this shell she is in. thanks for listening.

BetsyAnn · 08-29-2004, 09:19 PM

Wow! It sounds like her eye contact is very encouraging! I hope all goes well with the chelation.

sylvia32 · 09-02-2004, 04:35 PM

Hi my name is Sylvia. I have two boys with Autisum. I was just wondering if a doctor told you your child has Autisum? I was told it was everything else before they finally figured it out. There is at least 16 characteristic's to Autisum. Your child does not have to have all of them. The biggest ones are no eye contact, delay in speech, withdraw'n(i spelt that wrong. sorry)they seem to like to play by themselves. They don't like to be hugged very much. some children start out saying a few words but then stop talking all of a sudden. that happened with one of my children. I hope i help'ed some Sylvia

rywilli25 · 09-03-2004, 06:21 PM

hi sylvia Caylas doctor has diagnosed her with an autistic spectrum disorder but not specifically autism at this time. She has had MRI EEG Metabolic Testing Chromosonal testing, genetic testing. All came back normal. She is 21 months old and doesnt walk, crawl, or stand. She also does not talk. She does have eye contact and will follow me through the room. She has never hugged or kissed. Never waved bye bye. Never liked toys. she arched her back and head from birth and rocked from about 3 months old. She also hand flapped constantly. We are baffled by the low tone in her body. Thought it could be carnitine deficency, but test came back normal. We are getting ready to start chelation at the end of the month. She is on numerous supplements along with the gf/cf diet. Thanks for responding. rochelle

I Love LJC · 09-04-2004, 02:11 AM

Hi was your daughter Caylas jaundice at birth.I noticed your post that your daughter arched her head and back.My daughter went thru that also like she was in a bow positition as a baby shes 8 now.I might be thinking that my daughter who was very jaundice at birth that her doctor let a diagnosis of Bilirubin encephalopathy go by!She also had quite a bit of vomiting. My daughter has been thru alot but she is getting better every day