9 Red Flags for Autism Spectrum Disorders:

Lack of Typical Behaviors:

  • Lack of showing
  • Lack of appropriate gaze
  • Lack of warm, joyful expressions
  • Lack of sharing interest or enjoyment
  • Lack of response to name
  • Lack of coordination of nonverbal communication

Atypical Behaviors

  • Repetitive movements with objects
  • Repetitive movements or posturing of body
  • Unusual prosody

Additional signs of Autism Spectrum Disorders:

  • Delay or absence of spoken language
  • Looks through people; not aware of others
  • Not responsive to other people's facial expressions/feelings
  • Lack of pretend play; little or no imagination
  • Does not show typical interest in, or play near peers purposefully
  • Lack of turn taking
  • Unable to share pleasure
  • Qualitative impairment in nonverbal communication
  • Not pointing at an object to direct another person to look at it
  • Lack of gaze monitoring
  • Lack of initiation of activity or social play
  • Unusual or repetitive hand and finger mannerisms
  • Unusual reactions, or lack of reaction, to sensory stimuli