Restricted and Repetitive Behavior

Autistic children exhibits a variety forms on restricted and repetitive behaviour.

The most common repetitive movement is hand flapping, making sounds, head rolling, body rocking, squinting their eyes, always looking at the corner of their eyes and many more.

Autistic children also loves to arrange in stacks or in a row. They are also very rigid that they dislike changing of positions e.g. furniture and changes in their daily routine. If they are expecting something, they expect that something to happen. If it doesn't happen, they will get very upset.

Restricted behavior includes lack of focus and interest. They preoccupy themselves with the same toy and the same cartoon.

Some autistic children do display self injury such as head banging, hand biting, scratching, and slapping themselves.