| A. Persistent
Deficits in Social Communication/Interaction (PDSCI): |
| A1: Deficits in Social-Emotional Reciprocity (DSER) |
| mostly true |
2.My child talks less than other children his/her age. |
| mostly true |
9.My child stops her/his train of thought if interrupted. |
| mostly true |
17.My child tries to engage with other children, but doesn't seem to know how. |
| mostly true |
27.My child acts physically inappropriately with other children (e.g., too much hugging,
never wants to hug, too aggressive, etc.). |
| mostly true |
33.My child misinterprets what other people say (e.g., doesn't understand, interprets
what people say narrowly or inappropriately). |
| mostly true |
34.My child has trouble understanding the feelings of others. |
| mostly true |
39.My child has trouble hugging or kissing people. |
| mostly true |
40.If I point at something excitedly, my child will often not look. |
| mostly true |
42.My child often does not respond to his/her name. |
| mostly true |
47.My child can only stand little physical contact with others (as in hugging). |
| mostly true |
53.My child approaches others only when he/she needs something for himself/herself. |
| mostly true |
60.My child has trouble starting or maintaining conversations with others. |
| mostly true |
61.My child has no trouble starting conversations, but only about things he or she
wishes to talk about. |
| mostly true |
67.When talking to others, my child comes up too close to other people. |
| mostly true |
68.My child talks too much, but only on specific topics. |
| mostly true |
69.My child has trouble following conversations. |
| mostly true |
70.My child neither speaks, nor tries to communicate through other means (for examples,
pointing). |
| mostly true |
76.My child cannot be touched without being uncomfortable. |
| A2: Deficits in Nonverbal Communication (DNVC) |
| mostly true |
1.My child uses inappropriate body language or gestures (e.g., turns away when spoken
to, etc.). |
| mostly true |
4.My child is unable to give messages with his or her eyes
(e.g., rolls her/his eyes in annoyance).
|
| mostly true |
14.My child has trouble reading other people's facial expressions.
|
| mostly true |
18.My child has trouble using his or her hands to express himself or herself
(e.g., doesn't use hands when talking, doesn't give high fives or does so
inappropriately, doesn't fist-bump or does so inappropriately).
|
| mostly true |
20.My child has a strange or weird handshake (or doesn't shake hands at all). |
| mostly true |
21.My child is unaware of what he/she is communicating to others with his/her body
language. |
| mostly true |
22.I have to remind my child to look at me or other people when talking to them. |
| strongly true |
32.My child has difficulty making or maintaining eye contact. |
| mostly true |
35.My child has a strange or unusual rhythm or inflection when he/she speaks. |
| mostly true |
37.My child has limited use of gestures compared to other children. |
| mostly true |
43.My child misunderstands certain body language or gestures. |
| mostly true |
44.My child is uncoordinated or clumsy (e.g., riding a bike or running). |
| mostly true |
50.It is difficult to tell what my child is feeling. |
| mostly true |
51.My child has a limited number of facial expressions compared to other children. |
| mostly true |
58.My child has inappropriate or exaggerated facial expressions (e.g., blank stares,
little emotion, grimaces). |
| A3: Deficits in Relationships (DR) |
| mostly true |
7.My child doesn't seem to laugh at jokes others his/her age find funny. |
| strongly true |
8.My child has no close friends. |
| mostly true |
11.My child laughs for reasons I don't understand. |
| strongly true |
12.My child has trouble playing like other children his or her age (for example,
pretending or make-believe). |
| mostly true |
19.My child is a loner. |
| mostly true |
24.My child seems to not notice other people, even if they are in the same room. |
| mostly true |
29.My child has difficulty understanding common expressions or takes phrases too
literally, such as "If looks could kill," "I'm history," or "Has the cat got your
tongue?" |
| mostly true |
31.My child doesn't interact well with other children his/her own age. |
| mostly true |
38.Even when my child tries to approach other children, he/she finds it difficult. |
| mostly true |
41.My child finds it difficult to start a friendship. |
| mostly true |
49.My child brings me things that he/she is interested in |
| mostly true |
54.My child is socially clumsy or awkward. |
| mostly true |
55.My child tends to avoid activities involving other children. |
| mostly true |
62.My child has a different sense of humor from other kids (e.g. only laughs at puns,
only when people get hurt). |
| mostly true |
83.My child wanders away from home or school without permission. |
| B. Restricted,
Repetitive Patterns of Behavior (RRPB): |
| B1: Stereotyped/Repetitive Motor Movements |
| mostly true |
5.My child misuses pronouns like substituting "I" for "you," "him" for "me," or "her"
for "me." |
| strongly true |
6.My child repeats over and over exactly what is said to him or her. |
| mostly true |
16.My child repeats the same word or phrase a lot. |
| mostly true |
23.My child drags his/her toes often when walking. |
| strongly true |
26.My child often flaps her/his arms (as if flying like a bird). |
| mostly true |
66.My child rocks back and forth. |
| B2: Insistence on Sameness (IS) |
| mostly true |
10.My child potty trained later than most children her/his age. |
| mostly true |
13.My child prefers things to be the way she/he originally found them. |
| mostly true |
15.My child has an intense dislike of change. |
| mostly true |
56.My child has to stick to some routine or rule and gets angry or upset if it is
changed. |
| mostly true |
57.My child dislikes transition or changes (e.g. beginning of the new school year).
|
| B3: Restricted/Fixated Interests (RFI) |
| mostly true |
25.My child only points out things to me that he/she is interested in or obsessed with.
|
| strongly true |
26.My child often flaps her/his arms (as if flying like a bird). |
| mostly true |
45.My child gets intensely interested or preoccupied with a single subject and doesn't
seem to want to do anything else (e.g., trains, vacuum cleaners, firetrucks, planes,
details of plane wrecks, details of major accidents or natural disasters, Anime
[Japanese cartoons] or other cartoon figures, and the Titanic). |
| mostly true |
46.My child gets preoccupied or interested with parts of objects or just one aspect of a
toy (for example, how it feels or a noise that it might make). |
| mostly true |
48.My child is overly fascinated by fans or other spinning objects. |
| mostly true |
59.My child has a strong preference to only play with certain toys. |
| mostly true |
65.My child sounds like a "walking dictionary" or encyclopedia. |
| B4: Hyper-Hypo Reactivity to Environment (HHRE) |
| mostly true |
63.My child is overly sensitive to lights, sounds, tastes, touch, or smells. |
| mostly true |
64.My child has reduced sensitivities to lights, sounds, tastes, touch, or smells. |
| mostly true |
71.My child is extremely sensitive to bright light. |
| mostly true |
72.My child does not seem to respond to flashing lights. |
| mostly true |
73.My child is very sensitive to loud noises. |
| mostly true |
74.My child does not seem to respond to loud noises as he/she should. |
| mostly true |
75.My child seems to have a constant need to touch certain things. |
| mostly true |
76.My child cannot be touched without being uncomfortable. |
| mostly true |
77.My child seems indifferent to smells (good or bad). |
| mostly true |
78.My child has an intense interest with smelling certain objects. |
| mostly true |
79.My child will only eat certain foods because of the taste. |
| mostly true |
80.My child seems unresponsive to tastes of food. |
| mostly true |
81.My child seems excessively sensitive to extreme temperatures outside. |
| mostly true |
82.My child is not sensitive to extreme hot or cold temperatures. |