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* "the content of participants' conversations felt formal to an outside observer." | * "the content of participants' conversations felt formal to an outside observer." | ||
== Autistic behaviors == | == Autistic behaviors == | ||
The following symptomes are considered autistic. Health professionals tend to distance themselves from categorising someone as autistic due to the complexity of this condition. Rather, they use a list of autistic behaviors which vary depending on their importance and then put the person on the autistic spectrum depending on the severity or number of said behaviors. | The following symptomes are considered autistic. Health professionals tend to distance themselves from categorising someone as autistic due to the complexity of this condition. Rather, they use a list of autistic behaviors which vary depending on their importance, and then put the person on the autistic spectrum depending on the severity or number of said behaviors to classify the person as ''more'' or ''less'' autistic. | ||
* Talking to yourself orally, having debates in your head which sometimes result in you vocally speaking some parts of the debate, repeating in your head some future dialogues you may one day have which sometimes result in you speaking parts vocally<ref>[https://www.autismspeaks.org/autism-employment-job-seekers Adult with autism argues alone at night]</ref> | * Talking to yourself orally, having debates in your head which sometimes result in you vocally speaking some parts of the debate, repeating in your head some future dialogues you may one day have which sometimes result in you speaking parts vocally<ref>[https://www.autismspeaks.org/autism-employment-job-seekers Adult with autism argues alone at night]</ref> | ||
*Stimming (e.g. hand flapping, rocking, spinning self or objects, biting, head banging, moving eyes upwards or the side, making vocalisations)<ref>[https://www.healthline.com/health/autism/stimming Stimming: Causes and Management]</ref><ref>[https://www.acornautism.co.nz/blog/2018/5/23/why-does-my-child-with-autism-flap-their-hands Why does my child with Autism flap their hands?] | *Stimming (e.g. hand flapping, rocking, spinning self or objects, biting, head banging, moving eyes upwards or the side, making vocalisations)<ref>[https://www.healthline.com/health/autism/stimming Stimming: Causes and Management]</ref><ref>[https://www.acornautism.co.nz/blog/2018/5/23/why-does-my-child-with-autism-flap-their-hands Why does my child with Autism flap their hands?] | ||
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*Often as a child, repeating words or expressions vocally just after someone pronounced them, this is called echolalia | *Often as a child, repeating words or expressions vocally just after someone pronounced them, this is called echolalia | ||