CHARACTERISTICS: Autism vs. CFIDS
Disturbances in the rate of appearance of physical, social, and language skills.
Abnormal responses to sensations.
A combination of sight, hearing, touch, pain, balance, smell, taste, and the way a child holds his body are affected.
Speech and language are absent or delayed - thinking capabilities may be present.
Abnormal WAYS of relating to people, objects, and events
Distressing memory and concentration loss, word blocking, forgetful, “foggy”
Overwhelmed by loud / conflicting noises, etc.
Impaired judgment
- Inability to link up auditory and visual input
Difficulty maintaining attention set
Difficulties/impairment in inputting, encoding and retrieving information
- Trouble comprehending and recalling what has been read