One or more of the following can be indicators of an Autism Spectrum Disorder, which includes Autistic Disorder, PDD-NOS and Asperger’s Disorder, also known as Asperger’s Syndrome:
- Absence of smiles of recognition by six months or thereafter Acts as though they cannot hear your voice
- Absence of acknowledgment when a parent returns home or when a new person enters the room by six months or thereafter
- Preoccupation or fascination with objects rather than with people
- Plays alone
- Impaired social interaction such as back-and-forth sharing of facial expressions by nine months or thereafter
- Slow to imitate games like peek-a-boo
- Giggling for no reason or when no one else is around as early as four months or thereafter
- Extreme sensitivities to light, smell, sound, touch and taste by four months or thereafter…
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