He said: "If your child displays tell-tale signs of autism, apply for an assessment ... Classic signs of ASD include hand flapping, spinning, or running on their toes. Alternatively, you may ...

In the past, many interventions focused on goals that did not improve well-being, such as stopping autistic children from hand flapping or asking the child to make more prolonged eye contact.

The examiner interacts with the child or adult in a number of developmentally ... be more subtle than for those typical in autism, in that hand flapping and preoccupations with objects are less ...

This generally means that the child does not have a clinically ... may be more subtle than for those typical in autism, in that hand flapping and preoccupations with objects are less likely ...