Autism Help Needed

[abhay_dogra]

My som is 3 yrs old diagnosed with autism , The doctors have performed all the biological test on him that were found to be negative in his case , and recently they had his MRI with brain protocol and they found every thing to be normal
including grey white matter of the brain , no damage , 4th venticular nerve is normal , no abnormal migration on nurons
and noraml pathways . After they said he is autistic and they recomemded risperidone for 2 months , and to send n him in a special school for at least 6 months , All i want to know is whether his treatment is going in a right direction
, is this medicine is going to help him in speech , or sholud we take him to a speech thearpist . My son has low level of speech , Is less social , has no repeated behaviour . His BERA test showed mild to moderate hearing loss in both ears . He is hyper does no seem to pay attention . Although his self help skills are very fine . Plz guide us are going on the right track need your suggestions. thnx

[abhay_dogra]

So you mean to say that we should take him to a speach therapist and to a special school .No he doest have that much behavioral difficulties . But what he lacks is concentration and he hyper active too . Thnx for ur reply

[Rachel Thompson, Ph.D., BCBA]

I would absolutely recommend seeking appropriate special education and speech therapy services for your child. The evidence is very clear that children diagnosed with autism can make substantial progress when they receive appropriate and intensive intervention at a young age. I strongly recommend that you avoid using medication to treat behavioral difficulties, especially with a child as young as yours.