Childhood Autism Spectrum Test (CAST)

 

INSTRUCTIONS: Please read the following questions carefully, and select the appropriate answer.

 

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1.Does s/he join in playing games with other children easily? *
2.Does s/he come up to you spontaneously for a chat? *
3.Was s/he speaking by 2 years old? *
4.Does s/he enjoy sports? *
5.Is it important to him/her to fit in with the peer group? *
6.Does s/he appear to notice unusual details that others miss? *
7.Does s/he tend to take things literally? *
8.When s/he was 3 years old, did s/he spend a lot of time pretending (e.g., play-acting being a superhero, or holding teddy’s tea parties)? *
9.Does s/he like to do things over and over again, in the same way all the time? *
10.Does s/he find it easy to interact with other children? *
11.Can s/he keep a two-way conversation going? *
12.Can s/he read appropriately for his/her age? *
13.Does s/he mostly have the same interests as his/her peers? *
14.Does s/he have an interest which takes up so much time that s/he does little else? *
15.Does s/he have friends, rather than just acquaintances? *
16.Does s/he often bring you things s/he is interested in to show you? *
17.Does s/he enjoy joking around? *
18.Does s/he have difficulty understanding the rules for polite behaviour? *
19.Does s/he appear to have an unusual memory for details? *
20.Is his/her voice unusual (e.g., overly adult, flat, or very monotonous)? *
21.Are people important to him/her? *
22.Can s/he dress him/herself? *
23.Is s/he good at turn-taking in conversation? *
24.Does s/he play imaginatively with other children, and engage in role-play? *
25.Does s/he often do or say things that are tactless or socially inappropriate? *
26.Can s/he count to 50 without leaving out any numbers? *
27.Does s/he make normal eye-contact? *
28.Does s/he have any unusual and repetitive movements? *
29.Is his/her social behaviour very one-sided and always on his/her own terms? *
30.Does s/he sometimes say “you” or “s/he” when s/he means “I”? *
31.Does s/he prefer imaginative activities such as play-acting or story-telling, rather than numbers or lists of facts? *
32.Does s/he sometimes lose the listener because of not explaining what s/he is talking about? *
33.Can s/he ride a bicycle (even if with stabilisers)? *
34.Does s/he try to impose routines on him/herself, or on others, in such a way that it causes problems? *
35.Does s/he care how s/he is perceived by the rest of the group? *
36.Does s/he often turn conversations to his/her favourite subject rather than following what the other person wants to talk about? *
37.Does s/he have odd or unusual phrases? *