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This article is about autism spectrum disorder behaviors and its impact on children’s speech language and communication.

• Identify symptoms from group of children with autism
• Simple questionnaire for parents who have children with autism and behavioral problems.

AGES 0-3 MONTHS

• Looks intently at a speaker
• Listens to voices
• Establishes eye contact with mother
• Quiets when held and also quiets when hears human voice (1 month)
• Makes going or gutteral sounds (2 months)
• Visually searches for sounds (3 months)
• Smiles spontaneously (1 month)
• Turns when hears human voice (3 months)
• Responds vocally to the speech of others (3 months)
• Makes predominantly vowel sounds (3 months)
• Coos single sound syllables (consonant vowel)
• Vocalises to indicate pleasure and displeasure
• Laughs, gurgles, squeals, cries, screams
• Responds to familiar faces – visually discriminates different people and things and recognises mother (3 months)
• Begins exploratory play- explores own body (3 months)