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Autism is neurodevelopmental and life long – it can include a combination of traits
Autism can be diagnosed at any age. The diagnostic criteria is:
a) Persistent difficulties with Social Communication and Social Interaction
| 1. Deficits in social-emotional reciprocity. | For example, from abnormal social approach and failure of normal back-and-forth conversation; to reduced sharing of interests, emotions, or affect; to failure to initiate or respond to social interactions. |
| 2. Deficits in nonverbal communicative behaviours used for social interaction. | For example, from poorly integrated verbal and nonverbal communication; to abnormalities in eye contact and body language or deficits in understanding and use of gestures; to a total lack of facial expressions and nonverbal communication. |
| 3. Deficits in developing, maintaining, and understanding relationships. | For example, from poorly integrated verbal and nonverbal communication; to abnormalities in eye contact and body language or deficits in understanding and use of gestures; to a total lack of facial expressions and nonverbal communication. |
| Social Communication 1.Deficits in social-emotional reciprocity, ranging, for example, from abnormal social approach and failure of normal back-and-forth conversation; to reduced sharing of interests, emotions, or affect; to failure to initiate or respond to social interactions. 2. Deficits in nonverbal communicative behaviours used for social interaction, ranging, for example, from poorly integrated verbal and nonverbal communication; to abnormalities in eye contact and body language or deficits in understanding and use of gestures; to a total lack of facial expressions and nonverbal communication. 3. Deficits in developing, maintaining, and understand relationships, ranging, for example, from difficulties adjusting behaviour to suit various social contexts; to difficulties in sharing imaginative play or in making friends; to absence of interest in peers. |
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b) Restricted and repetitive patterns of behaviour, activities or interests (At least 2 of the following):
| 1. Stereotyped or repetitive motor movements, use of objects, or speech | 2. Insistence on sameness, inflexible adherence to routines, or ritualized patterns of verbal or nonverbal behaviour | 3. Highly restricted, fixated interests that are abnormal in intensity or focus | 4. Hyper – or hyperactivity to sensory input or unusual interest in sensory aspects of the environment |
| a) Persistent difficulties with Social Communication and Social Interaction | |
| 1. Deficits in social-emotional reciprocity. | For example, from abnormal social approach and failure of normal back-and-forth conversation; to reduced sharing of interests, emotions, or affect; to failure to initiate or respond to social interactions. |