The April issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine magazine publishes a study by researchers from the University of California MIND Institute that concludes that Babies who do not respond to their name at one year of age may have problems with autism or some other developmental disorder.
Autism is a disorder of some brain functions that can manifest itself after 18 months of age, but is usually safely diagnosed around 3 years.
However, recently we knew that some American researchers could have detected it even from the placenta.
One of the symptoms that can indicate that there is a problem is to see if at 12 months the child responds to his name.
The researchers found that per year, 100% of the children in the control group were able to respond to their name, while the risk group did only 86%.
However, they could see that there was no difference between the two groups at six months, considering it too soon to suspect that something is wrong.
However, many parents of the babies who participated in the study had already noticed a problem in their children before the year.
The biggest problem related to autism in childhood is that there are many undiagnosed children.
Calling it by name is a simple and economical method that could be included in periodic reviews or can be done at home to rule out risks.
The sooner a communication disorder is detected in the child, the sooner it can be treated to achieve better results.
