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[quote=Anonymous]I posted a little earlier... but if you want hear stories of little events that I now look back on and wonder, here goes. Mind you, this child hit all milestones for sitting up, rolling over, talking, walking, etc... Diagnosed as ASD at 3.5 years.

I'm sure there will be posters who chime in to say that their kids did all the things below and doesn't have ASD. And, I can't remember anything from 6 months old that really triggered any worrying. So, take from this what you will...

1. My child once would "shoot baskets" for a strangely long time. I mean... it wasn't a real hoop, just one of those things that you sit the child in front of with a ball... and he put the ball into the hoop dozens of times in a row. This was at about 9 months - 11 months old. Then when he could walk around 12 months, he did the same with an actual hoop (one of those Little Tikes hoops), shot the ball from at least a body length dozens of times in a row. We kept raising and raising the hoop, yet he still made all the baskets in a row.

This continued until about 18 months to 2 years old. We had to eventually take it away. He was so obsessive about it. And the hoops got to big for our living room! We put one outside but the magic spell for shooting had been broken. He moved on to other obsessions.

2. There were a couple of occasions where we were out to eat and talking at the table, ignoring our bubbly little toddler in his seat as he played with whatever was in front of him. We turned around and he was face down on the table. At first, we thought he was choking. I jumped up terrified and wrenched him up, only to discover he was crying and cowering. I now suspect that this was an early manifestation of sensory overload or anxiety... not sure.

3. He always flapped his arms, from the time he could move them. The ped said that it was normal child behavior... but DC is now almost 6 years old and still flaps, and spins and buzzes... not normal behavior!

4. Eye contact was never great... but at home he was fine so we didn't even think of this as a sign. But diminished eye contact was more noticeable to new people.

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