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The other major area is Restricted and Repetitive
Behaviour/ interests/ activities which is pretty wide as a
topic as it includes some known behaviour information
as well as some other patterns that are still not known.
This category caters to the following signs shown by the
individuals:

1. Flapping hands, Imitating word or phrases,
lining up toys, books, stationery, office supplies in a ritual
sort of way.

2. People are generally stuck on some routine like
taking up same route to the school or work place.

3. It also includes restrictive thinking pattern where
individuals usually have specific or in depth knowledge
of something that have interested them a lot like maybe
Titanic, Airplanes, Airplane Crashes, Presidents of America
and what not.
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder show either one
or more of these symptoms that is divided by the spectrum
of severity. Each individual show unique spectrum of
symptoms. The severity of impact on Autistics can be
controlled by early diagnostic and special therapy. It is
easy to detect symptoms of Autism in case of children as
caretakers like parents/teachers notice the changes pretty
quickly.
The term used for defining the severity of autism is called
as “being on the spectrum”. Aspergers Syndrome is a
condition where individuals show all the symptoms of
being Autistic but are actually individuals with exceptional
abilities. These are generally categorised as high
functioning autistics and are more or less comfortable in
the environment while even though they might be showing
all the symptoms but their day to day task performance
doesn’t easily let people recognise them as autistic
individuals. On the other hand there are people who are at
a very severe side of the spectrum with significant disability
and thus they are not capable of living independently. It
is found that about one-third of the autistic population is
non verbal but can learn to communicate through other
mediums. Visual cards are one of the most important
means of their early communication. It all just differs from
person to person depending on how severe they are on
basis of diagnosis.
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