Impulsive and hyperactive symptoms
Impulsivity:- Interrupts conversations
- Impatient with waiting their turn
- Calling out answers without being asked
- Takes excessive risks
- Acting without thinking
- Constant motion
- Difficulty staying still
- Difficulty sitting in one place
- Fidgetting or squirming in seat
- Excessive talking
- Hard to be in quiet situations or activities
- Forgetting and losing objects repetitively
- Difficulty staying on one task at a time or finishing a task before starting a new one
- Short attention span
- Troubles with listening
- Hard to focus on details and specifics
- Distractible
- Lower study skill than average in age group
- Difficulty organizing
- Forgetting
- “Zoning out” excessively
Autism spectrum
Autism is a disorder in which it’s core symptoms affect a person’s social communication and interactions, as well as restricts or repeats their behaviour. It is a spectrum disorder, which means that the symptoms vary between those who have it.
Social Communication/Interaction symptoms
Does not show facial expressions or reply when name is called (by 9 months)
Doesn’t participate in interactive games or use gestures (by 12 months)
Doesn’t share you their interests (by 15 months)
Doesn’t point to objects to show you (by 18 months)
Not noticing when others are hurt mentally or physically (by 24 months)
Does not interact or join to play with other children (by 36 months)
Doesn’t play with make-believe scenarios (by 48 months)
Does not pretend to be something else, like a teacher or superhero, during play by 48 months of age
No singing, dancing, acting (by 60 months)
Difficulty maintaining eye contact or avoids it
Speech and language skills are delayed
Voice is flat or has a repeated rising and falling of tone
Echolalia
Pronoun mixups
Rarely or not using gestures
Moving from topic to topic frequently in conversations
Unable to understand sarcastic or joking behavior
Difficulty expressing (ex: unable to vocalize needs)
Not understanding body language, tone, expressions
Nonverbal
Inappropriate facial expressions
Difficulty recognizing their own emotions
Feeling overwhelmed in social situations
Difficulty maintaining a personal space between others
Restricted/repetitive symptoms
Ritualistic behaviors (ex: Orders objects and gets frustrated when the order is changed)
Echolalia
Focussing on certain details of objects
Obsessing and having narrow interests
Having to follow a certain routine
Playing with toys in routine manner
Unusual sensory reactions (ex: sensitivity to touch, sound, and light)
Repetitive behaviors like hand-flapping, rocking, jumping, or spinning
Hyper and/or impulsive behaviour
Picky eating
Clumsiness
Aggressive to themselves and others
Inattentive
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/adhdadd
https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/facts.html
https://www.autismspeaks.org/what-are-symptoms-autism
https://www.webmd.com/brain/autism/symptoms-of-autism
https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/signs.html
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