cyberdad wrote:
SuperTrouper wrote:
That sounds like selective mutism..
I've read about selective mutism but the diagnosis is considered outside the ASD umbrella?
It's curious but **Some children with selective mutism may have sensory integration dysfunction (trouble processing some sensory information). This would cause anxiety, which may cause the child to "shut down" and not be able to speak**.
Selective mutism children often have poor eye contact as well.
This sounds like a form of autism to me.
It's a speech/language disorder, much more specific than autism--autism has a bigger constellation of symptoms, and selective mutism is usually episodic rather than life-long, as autism is. I wouldn't call it a kind of autism, but autistics being more prone to it, or there being some relationship between the two disorders, wouldn't surprise me.
Ahh I see. SM is a condition not linked (genetically?) to autism but there is a connective crossover and it often manifests in kids with autism?
24 May 2011, 5:39 pm
