early signs of autism in infants and toddlers

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A while back I sent my mom an article of early signs of autism in infants and young children. She took forever to get back to me, but tonight she finally wrote everything down for me.

she wrote down:
-less likely to point at things to indicate needs or share things
-may not respond toname being call but does respond to other sounds
-may show less interest in communicating
-may have good rote memory (bible verses, songs)
-rocks, spins, sways, twirls fingers, etc (mostly with objects)
-likes routine, order, rituals, has difficulty with change or transition to other activities
-may be obsessed with a few unusual activities, doing them repeatedly throughout the day
-plays with parts of toys instead of the whole toy
-may have unusual use of vision or gaxe, looks at an object from unusual angles

-may not keep eye contact
-show less response to parents smile or other facial expressions
-may not look at objects or events a parent is pointing to
-may not point at objects to get parent to look at them
-may not have appropriate facial expressions

she said she wasn't 100% sure about some of them cuz it was a really long time ago, but she said a few of them she's more sure of

My mom saw the symptoms of autism and said "I thought that was just called 'being Scottish'"

My mom's a Scott BTW.

Stealling someone's coke that's clearly a lack of empathy
Inability to preform simple tasks like cutting your own pizza or washing your own hair
Not knowing what you want to be when you grow up
Not participating in your parents conversations about politics and other grown up things

Looking back at my old baby photos, I've noticed how blank faced I was as a baby. I seemed to be in my own little world.