What might viral issues look like in my child? It is difficult to establish any precise list of what viral signs would look like - some of the signs listed are considered soft signs while others are considered more valid indicators. It would depend on who you spoke to which category any of these possible indicators falls into.

Some children might display the following signs:

• Motor problems, including fine motor problems. Sometimes these problems are one-sided (often the right side seems weaker). Some people believe that toe-walking is also a sign.

* Seizure activity (Click here to read here on virus induced seizures)

• The child seems to move from improved behaviour to more autistic behaviour for no apparent reason. These cycles of progression then regression might last weeks or months.

• Less autistic behaviours during and immediately following fevers followed by a return to more typical behaviours after this time has passed.

• Chronic viral-like illnesses or no symptoms of ever being sick.

• Negative reaction after MMR vaccination.

• Cold sores/fever blisters/unexplained sores in or around mouth. Warts, plantar warts.

• Continual gut problems in spite of all possible efforts to alleviate them.

• Improvement while on antibiotics--this may be a result of a concomitant bacterial problem.

• Hyperactivity

• OCD, scripting, repeating fairly meaningless actions (tics) or sounds.

• Sensory integration disorder, eye or ear sensitivity

• Hypotonia.