What are some of the early warning signs in toddlers for Autisum and or Aspergers?

I would say an early sign for both autism and aspergers is little or no eye contant when speaking to someone or when being spoken to.

Little or no speech.

Playing with toys inappropriately. By this I mean that they may have no idea what to to with toys eg. turning cars over and just spinning wheels.

Hand flapping, walking on toes all the time, making lots of strange noises, extreme sensitivity to sounds, fabrics etc.


There are lots of early signs for autism but each child is different and therefore, they all show different signs. I hope this is helpful to you. :wave:

Hi; some other signs are

No babbling as infant

Extremely fussy

No pointing or gesturing by 12 mos.

No imative play ie: no peek a boo no waving bye bye

No looking to share something with you; like a favorite character in a book or an airplane above or something of interest to them.

No looking when their name is called. They appear deaf.

These are just some of the ones I could think of off the top of my head along with the previous poster's. I hope this helps

If you google 'PDD Assessment Scale' there is a child brain site with a questionaire that really helped me. Good luck!

JANA I used that assessment also. I still take it from time to time to see if there are any changes. I too found this helpful. Good tip to anyone in the questioning phase.

Thanks guys!
I have a friend and her 6 year old has Aspergers. I knew something was wrong around age two. He was obsessed with fans and lights. Now at 6 it's all he talks about. He walks into a room and has to check that all lights and fans are working. He also doesn't "play" interact with others.
She has a 17 month old who is always covering his ears and is LOUD screams all the time. One thing that made me wonder is he is starting to point at lights and fans and I have seen him arch his back to the point of it looking painful to get away or when he gets angry.
I pray that is not what it is! I thought this was a good place to start. I will check out that test also.
Thanks :wave:

Where is this PDD assessment Scale?

Type in childbrain then search.

I found it but since he is only 17 months old the test didn't reall work real well. He doesn't do a lot of the stuff on the test yet due to age.

My son was 20 months when I found this test and I felt the same way. I have used it several times and find it now more age appropriate. I would still keep it as a reference. The information on the childbrain link is still good info and should be helpful. It has a section that talks about early signs which is appropriate for now.