Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurological condition in which the development of the brain is impacted. Since brain controls our intellectual, physical, social and emotional behaviors, all these aspects are impacted to a certain degree in Autistic children.
Behavioural Triats
Uncommon repetitive actions like flapping hands, spinning, flickering fingers in air.
Ritualistic rigidity like doing exactly the same steps, events during various activities. Eg: Eating same foods during meals, performing same steps while bathing everytime etc.
Not able to wait for their turn in games.
No empathy for peers.
Social impacts
Lack of eye contact with others while interacting.
Not able to understand facial expressions or body language of others.
Language impacts
Not able to use verbal and non-verbal language at a level equivalent to their peers.