Does your child tend to gravitate toward younger children on the playground and avoid kids his own age? *

Is your child often uncomfortable when she is taken to unfamiliar locations? *

Does your child avoid sleepovers or friends’ birthday parties because it would disrupt his normal routine? *

Does your child ask a seemingly endless string of questions, even after you feel like you’ve run out of answers? *

Does your child read out loud quickly, but struggle to answer questions about what she’s read? *

Has your “precocious” child grown more anxious and socially inept with age? *

Does your child often come across as self-centered, defiant, or immature? *

Does your child see situations in black and white? Does she argue or seem confused when dealing with abstract concepts or nuanced situations? *

Does your child seem incapable of dishonesty, and/or assume that everyone is telling him the truth all the time? *

Does your child often “miss the joke” or fail to notice sarcasm? *

Does your child sometimes react inappropriately to situations — by laughing when someone is telling her something serious, for instance? *

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