1. Autism
... and behavior. When children display similar behaviors but do not meet the criteria for autistic disorder, they may receive a diagnosis of "Pervasive Developmental Disorder-NOS". Children sometimes possess impaired hearing in addition to autism. About half of people with autism score below 50 on IQ tests. A small percentage of people with autism are "Savants." These individuals have limited but ... seem to lack the normal emotion and sound flat or monotonous. Autistic children often exhibit a variety of repetitive abnormal behaviors. "There also may be a hypersensitivity to sensory input...
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