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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are some examples of repetitive behavior in autism/ASD?
Can you please share? [i]Would playing with a toy the same way for a couple of months and then moving on to something else constitute repetitive behavior?[/i][/quote]

Not really.  This is part of mastery and it can be part of pretend play as well.  Unless there is some kind of automatic aspect to the behavior, like picking up and swinging a toy truck aimlessly back and forth, back and forth without even looking at it, it's not repetitive behavior, or lining up trucks over and over and over and over in size order and not being able to sleep because they are not lined up.  If your child just really likes playing Batman, or wants only to play with her Doc McStuffin doll in a certain way the same way every time, that's actually pretty typical childhood behavior.  Children can be very, very rigid in their play for several reasons:  they work things through by playing; they are conservative; they are naturally repetitious.[/quote]

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