- Avoid eye contact
- Prefers to play alone
- Delayed speech and language skills
- Has obsessive interests
- Not respond to their name by 12 months
- Does not point or respond to pointing
- Not play “pretend” games by 18 months
- Have trouble understanding other people’s feelings or talking about their own
- Repeat words and phrases over and over
- Give unrelated answers to questions
- Get upset by minor changes
- Flap their hands, rock their body, or spin in circles
- Have unusual reactions to the way things smell, sound, taste, look, or feel
- Only interacts to achieve a desired goal
- Has flat or inappropriate facial expressions
- Does not understand personal space boundaries
- Avoids or resists physical contact
- Not comforted by others during distress
- Is very organized/gets upset over minor changes
- Has to follow certain rules
- Short attention span
- Unusual eating and sleeping habits
CDC. (2015, February 26). Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/signs.html