Autistic signs are first in age group.

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Autism is one of the most disabling childhood disorders and is often referred to as autism, or childhood autism.

Key Points

Autism in infancy and childhood was observed and described by an American psychiatrist Leo Kanner for the first time.
It involves a wide range of behaviors and symptoms, including deficits in language, perceptual, and motor development, defective reality testing, and an inability to function in social situations.
Early signs of autism usually appear before children are 2 years old.
In the first year of life, signs include differences in children's social and communication development.
The brains of autistic children tend to grow faster than average during early childhood, especially during the first three years of life.
Autism can be diagnosed from 12-18 months, but it’s usually from around 2 years of age.
Diagnosis usually involves many specialists and professionals testing and assessing a child. This is called a multidisciplinary assessment.

Thus, it is concluded that the autistic signs are first in an age group is 1-2 years.