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Autism
1. Communication/Language
2. Social Interaction
3. Behaviors
4. Sensory and movement disorders
5. Resistance to change (predictability)
6. Intellectual functioning
Communication/language
• Very common
• Over- or under-sensitive to sensory stimuli
• Abnormal posture and movements of the face,
head, trunk, and limbs
• Abnormal eye movements
• Repeated gestures and mannerisms
• Movement disorders can be detected very
early
5. Predictability