Symptoms that may be indicative of Autism?

Symptoms that may be indicative of Autism?

• Difficulty keeping up or understanding conversations.
• Difficulty making friends or preferring to be alone.
• Difficulty putting words to their feelings.
• Difficulty regulating emotions.
• Difficulty understanding or empathizing with what others are thinking or feeling.
• Engaging in repetitive behaviors, which may take the form of routines.
• Exhibiting strong, special interests.
• Feeling uncomfortable with physical touch.
• Having very rigid rules or plans and feeling uncomfortable if they change.
• Not giving enough personal space to others.
• Participating in a very particular range of activities.
• Seeming blunt, rude, or uninterested in other people without meaning to.
• Strict daily routines and discomfort when those routines change for any reason.
• Trouble interpreting facial expressions, social cues, sarcasm, and/or body language.
• Trouble maintaining eye contact.