Subtle Signs of PDD-NOS

My 6-year old, Anna, with PDD reacts to her little brother crying.

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• autism
• pdd
• pdd-nos
• autistic

[staciejung]

A comment about the smile for something sad, it is a "helpless" smile. My dd has pddnos, and she smiles like that at times, but it's not her real smile that beams. Does that mean something? I don't know. Please tell me if you do.

[holly0817]

Yes, I do know what you mean. There is a distinct difference in her real smile in response to happiness and the forced smile that comes when she is scared or confused.

[plbaron]

sorry I forgot to respond to the video. Often people don't just have one emotion or feeling. The laughing seems to be in response to you (mabye because of the camera), the noise, or to herself having to cover her ears. In this case her facial expression would be in-line with emotion. This doesn't mean she can't verbally explain to you that it makes her generally sad.

[holly0817]

She often "laughs" in response to being scared, with or without verbally explaining her fear. She has done this since age 2 or so. It is a sign of PDD-NOS, she was not laughing appropriately in this clip. Your response is exactly why I'm trying to educate. If you would like more info, please email me.

[lessorof2evils]

She did a great job communicating with you. Was her verbal language delayed? It's hard to tell from this video.

[holly0817]

lessorof2evils, Anna has had expressive (and minor receptive) langugage delays, but is mostly caught up now. She had a few words at 2, choppy sentences at 4, and really became articulate around 5. Still working on tenses, pronouns, and true conversational skills, but she's made great progress.

[Namaste1001]

We don't understand social etiquette. All the niceties of social interaction just come across as being fake and insincere to us so I suppose we can come across as arrogant or selfish. But I think that perception comes from a lack of understanding.

[Namaste1001]

I find people like you annoying. That is my experience.

[MeghanMartinRulz]

I have PDD-NOS and I do that all the time.

[danteinfern0bad]

Hey ur sons name is Dominic my brothers name is Dominic ur daughters has pddnos my brother has pddnos

[riekieb]

MY OPINION: 2 * The hands reduce the noise, The smile reduce the incoming feelings, *Feeling her own smile is very intensive to, and helps neutralise the feelings on the inside..* Try it yourself, * l....I have a 7 year old son diagnosed pdd-nos type mcdd.

* You have a beautiful daughter

[riekieb]

MY OPINION:

About the Smile: ( do it myself as long as i can remember, but getting older makes it harder in this world to do it in the open) * That smile, is her way, to do not feel the screeming of her brother. * These kids are so sensitive and feel what the other feels * That costs a lot of energy and anxietety.

[mac19971]

@Kiger8Kiger LOL. We got a Me Thinker. Pity for you.

[ElleEstVivante]

Blehblehblehblehbleh.

[TanyaSoubiSan]

@holly0817 omg I do that too. I'm doing tests for autism and adhd now, well not now now... but yeah I guess you know what I mean. And my psychologist have talked about that I may have pdd-nos and I'm just scared about it. I mean I'm a an adult, a young one but still and adult.. I can't have that..shouldn't they have noticed that before?

[TiffieTube]

This is what my 2 year old just got diagnosised with.......also he has hearing loss and he is in the "moderate" to "moderate severe" catagory

[jsrcamp]

aww she is beutiful mommy. I wish her all the luck in life.