4. 🎯 Restricted interests:
They center intensely on a specific topic or activity. For example, learning all about trains, cars, dates, dinosaurs, or repeating the same song over and over again.
Other common symptoms of ASD (not included in the image):
- Hyper or hyposensitivity to sounds, lights, textures or tastes.
- Difficulty adapting to changes or unforeseen events.
- Little facial or emotional expression .
- Difficulty playing symbolically (e.g., pretending a box is a car).
- Preference for being alone.
- Difficulty understanding other people’s emotions (cognitive empathy).
How is it diagnosed?
Diagnosing ASD demands a multidisciplinary evaluation:
🔹 Clinical interviews
🔹 Behavioral observation
🔹 Language and communication development tests
🔹 Evaluation by child psychologists or neurologists
It can be done from 18 months, and the earlier it is detected, the better the intervention tools will be .
Support and treatment:
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