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Behavioural
Restricted or repetitive patterns of behaviour
A compulsive desire for order: lining up objects, collecting etc.
Hypersensitivity to sounds, smells, touch or light
An insistence on routines and resistant to change
Eating problems, sleeping problems
Difficulty with unstructured time or waiting
Examples
Repeatedly watching videos or video segments
Strong attachment to objects (part of a toy, string etc.)
A compulsive desire for order: lining up objects, collecting etc.
An obsessive interest that takes over all conversation
Pacing up and down, running round and round, the need to follow lines and cracks in the pavement etc.
Hypersensitivity to sounds, smells, touch or light
Exploring objects through smell, licking, touching
Negative reaction to the unexpected
Perfectionism - always wants to finish as task before starting another
Impaired response to pain or temperature
Lack of fear for real danger
Excessive fearfulness for a harmless object or situation or sudden noise
Defensive to touch that isn’t self-initiated
Faddy eating, will only eat certain things
Difficulty with unstructured time or waiting
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© Jane Ellwood 2001
