What are the symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorder?
The major symptoms include delays and difficulties in social development and communication skills, and usually some kind of repetitive behavior. People with autism have social impairments and often lack the intuition about others that many people take for granted. Social impairments become apparent early in childhood and continue through adulthood. Autistic infants show less attention to social stimuli, smile and look at others less often, and respond less to their own name. Autistic toddlers have more dramatic social deviance; for example, they have less eye contact and anticipatory postures and are more likely to communicate by manipulating another person’s hand. Three- to five-year-old autistic children are less likely to exhibit social understanding, approach others spontaneously, imitate and respond to emotions, communicate nonverbally, and take turns with others. However, they do form attachments to their primary caregivers. A good portion of individuals with autism do not develo
