Abnormal responses to sensations. Sight, hearing, touch, pain, balance, smell, taste, the way a child holds his body - any one or a combinations of these responses may be affected. Abnormal ways of relating to people, objects and events. Typically, autistic children do not respond appropriately to adults or other children. Objects and toys are not used as normally intended.
Most people show wide variations in performance on different tests at different times.
Check with the special education people to find out about services in your school district. This is on-going and administered daily by the teaching staff under the direction of the therapist. Adaptive physical education is another service that is offered. We assume that because you know your child is autistic you have had a medical work-up. The school will do some additional testing or do an evaluation and make their recommendation for program placement.