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Is this symptom of autism?

hi,
my nephew(boy) is 2 year & 7 months old. he started to talk a few word at age of 1 year & particularly recognised the common people around him. But there's two main problem now.
1- He doesn't want to eat at all. His mother grinds food for him & feed him forcefully. We tried several times to feed him some normal food but he vomits every time if anything else (than his regular food) is feeded. he doesn't even bother if he is hungry for a long time & shows the same reaction(disliking food) even after a long hungry period.
2- He doesn't concentrate when we are talking or calling him even, if in a loud voice. But whenever there's his favourite song is playing on TV, he runs even hearing a pale/slow tone of that song. (his mother used to feed him by showing tv for a long time, which was stopped by advice of a Child Doctor)

** He is particularly good in recognising logo & some faces (mainly TV actors). Even if he sees that logo in middle of a lot of things, he can identify that. He is a very adorable & healthy child. He can say a sentence of 3 words now. Sometimes he copies with our sentences,( but according to his wish). When he doesn't wish, he dont even bother to notice any other person's talkings.

Can anyone please help in recognising if these are symptoms of Autism?? And please provide suggestion what should we do to improve his behavior??
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First he needs to be evaluated by a GI specialist to rule out medical problems for his feeding difficulties.  He also should be evaluated by speech and occupational therapies, as he may have oral motor problems or texture aversions - and these can be treated.  Second, he needs a good hearing evaluation - human speech is at a different decibel level than most other sounds and some hearing problems can impact only those decibels.  

Finally, I really would recommend that he be evaluated by a child psychologist or developmental pediatrician that specialize in children with Autism.  What you describe does not scream Autism to me but not responding to his name, inconsistently tuning into other's language, sometimes repeating exactly what others say, and a fascination with certain logos could be warning signs and it is always better to be safe and to know for sure.  If your nephew is not yet 3, your local Early Intervention team will evaluation him of free and after 3, the local school district will.  But, private evaluations tend to be more thorough and of higher quality.  Good luck.
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Could be - these symptoms remind me of our nephew who was diagnosed with PDD-NOS which is a high-functioning form of autism.  What does your nephew's pediatrican say?
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