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The top three signs of autism are:

1. Social Impairment such as:
a. no eye contact, pointing, or gestures to communicate.
b. doesn’t show off items. “Look at what I have!” type behaviour, or otherwise share interest or enjoyment with others.

2. Impairments in Communication such as:
a. delay in, or total lack of speech
b. Or with Asperger’s, marked impairment in the
ability to initiate or sustain a conversation with others.

3. Repetitive movements, patterns of behavior & interests such as:
a. hand-flapping, rocking, etc.
b. obsessions with objects or parts of objects.
c. inflexible adherence to routines & rituals. (My niece will throw a fit if the bus driver doesn’t stop at every normal stop even if the child at that particular stop didn’t come to school that day, therefore doesn’t need to be dropped off.)

Related articles:

Signs of autism before two years old

The DSM IV criteria for the autism

Autism Behavior Checklist (ABC)

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This entry was posted on Thursday, November 15th, 2007 at 11:34 pm and is filed under Autism Diagnosis.