Table 1.

Early and late signs of Autism in children included in this study.

	Early Indicators	YES	NO
1	No babbling or pointing by age 2	2	8
2	No single words by 16 months or two-word phrases by age 2	6	4
3	No response to name	7	3
4	loss of language or social skills	9	1
5	Poor eye contact	5	5
6	Excessive lining up of toys or object	3	7
7	No smiling or social responsiveness.	7	3
	Later indicators	YES	NO
1	Impaired ability to make friends with peers	10	0
2	Impaired ability to initiate or sustain a conversation with others	8	2
3	Absence or impairment of imaginative and social play	8	2
4	Serotyped, repetitive, or unusual use of language	10	0
5	Restricted patterns of interest that are abnormal in intensity or focus	4	6
6	Preoccupation with certain objects or subjects	4	6