CAST Screener

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CAST Autism Screening Tool

Does your child join in playing games with other children easily?

Does your child come up to you spontaneously for a chat?

Was your child speaking by 2 years old?

Does your child enjoy sports?

Is it important to your child to fit in with the peer group?

Does your child appear to notice unusual details that others miss?

Does your child tend to take things literally?

When your child was 3 years old, did they spend a lot of time pretending (e.g., play-acting being a superhero or holding teddy’s tea parties)?

Does your child like to do things over and over again, in the same way all the time?

Does your child find it easy to interact with other children?

Can your child keep a two-way conversation going?

Can your child read appropriately for their age?

Does your child mostly have the same interests as their peers?

Does your child have an interest which takes up so much time that they do little else?

Does your child have friends, rather than just acquaintances?

Does your child often bring you things they are interested in to show you?

Does your child enjoy joking around?

Does your child have difficulty understanding the rules for polite behavior?

Does your child appear to have an unusual memory for details?

Is your child's voice unusual (e.g., overly adult, flat, or very monotonous)?

Are other people important to your child?

Can your child dress themself?

Is your child good at turn-taking in conversation?

Does your child play imaginatively with other children and engage in role-play?

Does your child often do or say things that are tactless or socially inappropriate?

Can your child count to 50 without leaving out any numbers?

Does your child make normal eye contact?

Does your child have any unusual and repetitive movements?

Is your child's social behavior very one-sided and always on their own terms?

Does your child sometimes say “you” or “she/he” when they mean “I?”

Does your child prefer imaginative activities such as play-acting or story-telling, rather than numbers or lists of facts?

Does your child sometimes lose the listener because of not explaining what they're talking about?

Can your child ride a bicycle (even if with training wheels)?

Does your child try to impose routines on themself or on others in such a way that it causes problems?

Does your child care how they are perceived by the rest of the group?

Does your child often turn conversations to their favorite subject rather than following what the other person wants to talk about?

Does your child have odd or unusual phrases?

Have teachers/health care professionals ever expressed any concerns about your child's development?

Please confirm where we should send your CAST screener results.

Thank you!