The Center of Disease Control and Prevention states that individuals with ASD might: 

• Have difficulties relating or having an interest in others

• Avoid eye contact

• Prefer to be alone 

• Prefer to not be touched or held

• Not look at objects when others point to them

• Repeat or echo words or phrases, sometimes in place of normal language

• Have difficulties communicating their needs or emotions

• Engage in repetitious actions

• Have trouble when routines change

• Display sensory sensitivities (unusual reactions to smells, tastes, textures, and sounds)

• Appear unaware of people in their surroundings