Table 1 Reported Clinical Signs & Symptoms and Level of Severity
From: Clinical signs associated with earlier diagnosis of children with autism Spectrum disorder
Clinical Signs & Symptom | Obs. | Level of Severity on a 0–10 scale | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | Median | Std. | % Non Zero | ||
Social and Communication | |||||
 Delayed speech | 1609 | 6.18 | 7.40 | 3.58 | 0.83 |
 Delayed response to name | 1609 | 4.66 | 4.90 | 3.51 | 0.77 |
 Poor eye contact | 1609 | 6.07 | 6.30 | 2.99 | 0.91 |
 Lack of gestures (e.g., pointing, nodding or shaking head) | 1609 | 5.23 | 5.30 | 3.54 | 0.82 |
 Difficulty understanding gestures | 1609 | 5.08 | 5.20 | 3.38 | 0.83 |
 Preference to play alone or play with objects rather than with others | 1609 | 7.10 | 7.80 | 2.90 | 0.93 |
 More focus on objects than people | 1609 | 6.79 | 7.50 | 2.96 | 0.92 |
 Failure to initiate or respond to social interactions | 1609 | 6.94 | 7.70 | 2.80 | 0.94 |
 Difficulties in initiating and/or maintaining relationships and friendships | 1609 | 7.48 | 8.30 | 2.81 | 0.94 |
Restricted and Repetitive behaviors | |||||
 Played with toys or objects in an unusual way (e.g. repetitive play, lining up toys) | 1609 | 6.19 | 6.60 | 3.02 | 0.92 |
 Need for sameness (e.g. difficulties with changes in routine) | 1330 | 6.30 | 6.90 | 3.01 | 0.76 |
 Unusual motor mannerisms (e.g. hand flapping, spinning) | 1330 | 5.29 | 5.40 | 3.41 | 0.71 |
 Unusual interest in specific objects or toys (e.g. high in intensity or focus) | 1330 | 6.45 | 7.10 | 3.00 | 0.75 |
Sensory Symptoms | |||||
 Unusual interest in sensory aspects of the environment (e.g. excessive smelling of objects or people, fascination with lights or movement) | 1609 | 4.77 | 4.90 | 3.16 | 0.86 |
 Sensory hyperreactivity (e.g. excessive or adverse response to specific sounds, lights, touch, smell or tastes) | 1609 | 6.16 | 6.50 | 3.01 | 0.93 |
 Sensory hyporeactivity (e.g. insensitivity or indifference to sensory pain or temperature, slow response to sensory stimuli in the environment) | 1609 | 4.81 | 5.00 | 3.39 | 0.83 |
Aggression | |||||
 Temper tantrums | 1609 | 4.85 | 5.00 | 3.20 | 0.85 |
 Aggression toward self | 1609 | 2.48 | 1.30 | 3.01 | 0.60 |
 Aggression toward others | 1609 | 2.65 | 1.80 | 3.01 | 0.64 |
Regression (At some point in time, did x’s behavior regress (deteriorate) in any of the following ways?) | |||||
 Loss of skills | 1609 | 2.31 | 0.10 | 3.12 | 0.50 |
 Loss of language (words only) | 1609 | 2.68 | 0.10 | 3.60 | 0.49 |
 Loss of language (phrases) | 1609 | 2.16 | 0.00 | 3.46 | 0.41 |
 Less social engagement | 1609 | 2.96 | 1.20 | 3.49 | 0.56 |
 Loss of motor skills | 1609 | 1.18 | 0.00 | 2.36 | 0.35 |
 Loss of daily living skills | 1609 | 1.56 | 0.00 | 2.80 | 0.38 |