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| Lack of Anticipatory Attitude | e.g. when being picked up |
| Lack of Postural Adjustment | baby does not mould himself to other when held (like a bag of sand or stiff like a board) |
| Communication Problems | lack of reciprocity with others in smiling, eye-contact, touch, vocalising, imitation (primary intersubjectivity) |
| lack of emotional sharing/ eye-contact with others | |
| absence of babbling, vocalising | |
no vocal exchange/ turn-taking with others |
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staring blankly |
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| unconsolable screaming | |
| Behaviour Disorders | inactivity, passivity, slow to respond |
| clingy 'like glue' | |
| increased sensory/ sensation-dominated activities, e.g. rubbing himself, stroking, rocking, fiddling, sucking tongue | |
| repetitive, stereotypical behaviours | |
| lack of stranger anxiety | |
| clinging to ‘autistic objects’ | |
| sleeping problems | |
| Eating Disorders | not wanting to eat/ swallow/ suck, to be fed (anorexia) |
| holding food in mouth | |
| ruminating (sucking on regurgitated milk/ food) | |
| vomiting, retching |
% Early Warning Signs |
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| 32.6% | Relationship and Sensory Disorders e.g. doesn’t look at you, in a world of his own, lack of anticipatory attitude, doesn’t seem to understand |
| 26.5% | Posture, Tonicity and Motor Development e.g. lifeless, physically stuck to mother, passive, lack of postural adjustments |
| 10.2% | Eating Disorders e.g. problems with sucking and feeding, vomiting |
| 8% | Crying, anger, opposition |
| 8% | Stereotypical activities |
| 8% | Prelinguistic communication problems e.g. no sharing emotional states of mind, face-to-face play,lack of affect attunement and primary intersubjectivity |
| 4% | Phobias |
| 2% | Speech problems |
| ?% | Other ‘normal’ disturbances e.g. sleeping problems, with particular intensity |
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