5 Autism Signs (That You NEED to know)

These 5 autism signs will help you understand what is autism and how to spot autism in someone. Autism impacts the lives of 1 in 100 people in the UK and 1 in 60 people in the USA. This means that there are lots of people who need support in their daily lives due to autism. There are a host of autism treatment centres or autism support centres set up to help people on the autism spectrum, but you will need to know the sings to be able to help someone. If you are wanting to know what is autism or what are the signs of autism in girls, this video is an overview of 9 of the main traits of autism so you can see what is autism from an autistic perspective. These signs of autism can also be used to help secure an autism diagnosis if you are looking to get diagnosed officially. 1. EYE CONTACT Eye contact can be difficult for people on the spectrum as it is uncomfortable for the m to make direct eye contact for longer than a few moments. This is overcome by the person looking at the cheek or nose of the recipient (autism hack) 2. ISSUES WITH SOCIAL SKILLS Autism impacts the social and communicating aspects of a persons life. An autistic individual may have trouble creating and maintaining social conversation. Also an autistic person may have difficulties understanding social cues or gestures which are typically unspoken rules of social communication and socialising with other people. 3. ROUTINES Routines are very important to autistic people as the individual enjoys the structure and familiarity of their routines. An autistic person may also not like to waiver from their routine as this ‘change’ can be upsetting and distressing in some cases for the individual. An autistic individual will enjoy the routines and that pattern of knowing what comes next which is why routines and structure are very important in the lives of many autistic people. 4. OBSESSIVE INTERESTS People on the autism spectrum tend to usually have an obsessive topic of interest that they know a lot about and become fixated or hyper fixated (hyper focused) on these specific topics of interest. These interests can change from time to time, but the same rules apply: hyper fixated and becoming knowledgeable in this topic. Also wanting to talk about said topic constantly. 5. SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER Sensory processing disorder or SPD is usually co-morbid with a diagnosis of autism. This means that many autistic people have SPD, and it impacts their daily life. SPD is the over or under sensitivity to environmental stimuli that causes issues with communicating with their environment, like the labels on clothes can be so itchy or irritating it can cause a meltdown, or a certain spell or texture of food can be distressing for the individual.