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.
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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; parents and/or caretakers may suspect deafness.
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An early sign of autism may be failure to direct
the parent’s attention to objects or events to
share interest.
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Children with autism may point to juice to request it, 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 or approval.
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Children with autism may show failure to
imitate simple adult movements.
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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 early sign of autism is trouble with reciprocal,
back-and-forth interaction.
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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 or caretakers initiate them.
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Children with autism display a lack of interest in
simple social games.
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Infants and toddlers with autism may be more interactive
during physical games such as swinging or tickling, than
during social games such as peek-a-boo.
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An early sign of autism includes 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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Early 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 or
stacking them up), play with toys the same exact way each
time, and/or may show limited imagination during play.
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