An early sign of autism may include delayed
development of spoken language.
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A child with autism has a vocabulary of less than 50 single
words and/or no 2 word phrases.
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A child with autism has difficulty using
nonverbal forms of communication to
compensate for delayed language development.
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Children with autism demonstrate inconsistent use of eye
contact, expressions to convey needs and desires
gestures (such as pointing or shaking head), and facial
expressions to convey needs and desires.
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A sign of autism includes inconsistent response
to sounds.
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Autistic children may not respond to his/her name being
called; deafness may be suspected.
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Failure to direct the parent’s attention to objects
or events to share interest may be a sign of
autism.
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Children with autism may point to juice to request, but do
not point to the sky to share interest in an airplane. An
autistic child may bring a toy to the parent for help, but
does not hold up a toy to show it to the parent for the
purpose of a conveying interest.
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Children with autism show failure to imitate
simple adult movement.
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A child with autism may not wave good-bye or imitate hand
movements in games like pat-a-cake.
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A sign of autism is trouble with reciprocal,
back-and-forth manner.
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Children with autism may show interest only on his/her
terms. They may initiate games (or affection) but not
respond when parents initiate them.
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Children with autism exhibit a lack of interest in
simple social games
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Autistic children may be more interactive during physical
games with parents, such as swinging or tickling, than
during social games such as peek-a-boo.
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An early sign of autism entails a lack of interest
in other children.
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Children with autism may show limited interest in watching
or playing with other children
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Signs of autism include repetitive and restrictive
play.
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A child with autism may show limited interest in toys, may
play with toys in an unusual manner (for example, lining
them up), may play with toys the same exact way each
time, and/or may show limited imaginative.
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