Table 7.
Opinions of the mothers regarding awareness for autism.
| Awareness in the first years | n | f |
|---|---|---|
| Withdrawal of the child | 4 | 4 |
| Decrease in eye contact | 12 | 12 |
| Failure to respond to sounds | 9 | 9 |
| Having a growth retardation | 4 | 4 |
| Being different from peers | 7 | 7 |
| Restricted games | 5 | 5 |
| Dissonance | 5 | 5 |
| Medical diagnosis | 6 | 6 |
| Unresponsiveness | 6 | 6 |
| Hypersensitivity to sounds | 8 | 8 |
| Speech problems | 11 | 11 |
| Communication gap | 9 | 9 |
| Walking on the balls of the feet | 2 | 2 |
| Reacting significantly differently when compared to their peers | 5 | 5 |
| Hair pulling | 1 | 1 |
| Child masturbation | 1 | 1 |
| General Total | 93 | 93 |
* n: number of respondents, f: number of repetitions of the answers given.