ASD is a neurodevelopmental disorder. Some common red flags for people with ASD:
- lack of eye contact
- lack of facial expressions
- difficulties in making friends and socialising with people
- lack of interest in peers
- difficulties in understanding and using gestures and/ or non-verbal behaviours
- repetitive movements, speech, use of objects (e.g., hand flapping, lining up toys, echolalia)
- inflexible to routine changes; may throw tantrum or become extremely upset when there’s small changes in the routine
- limited and fixated interests that are abnormal; preoccupied with unusual object
- hyper/hyposensitive to sensory input