CAST Autism Screening Tool
The Childhood Autism Spectrum Test (CAST) is an autism screening tool developed by the Autism Research Centre at the University of Cambridge for children ages 4 to 11. Please read the following questions carefully and select the appropriate answer.
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Does your child join in playing games with other children easily?Yes
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Does your child come up to you spontaneously for a chat?Yes
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Was your child speaking by 2 years old?Yes
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Does your child enjoy sports? Yes
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Is it important to him/her to fit in with the peer group?Yes
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Does your child appear to notice unusual details that others miss?Yes
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Does your child take things literally?Yes
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When your child was 3 years old, did your childspend a lot of time pretending (e.g., play acting being a superhero, or holding teddy’s tea parties)?Yes
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Does your child like to do things over and over again, in the same way all the time?Yes
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Did your child find it easy to interact with other children?Yes
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Could your child keep a two-way conversation going?Yes
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Could your child read appropriately for his/her age?Yes
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Does your child mostly have the same interests as his/her peers?Yes
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Does your child have an interest which takes up so much time that s/he did little else?Yes
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Does your child have friends, rather than just acquaintances?Yes
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Does your child often bring you things s/he is interested in to show you?Yes
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Does your child enjoy joking around?Yes
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Does your child have difficulty understanding the rules for polite behavior?Yes
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Does your child appear to have an unusual memory for details?Yes
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Is his/her voice unusual (e.g., overly adult, flat, or very monotonous)?Yes
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Are people important to him/her?Yes
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Could s/he dress him/herself?Yes
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Is s/he good at turn-taking in conversation?Yes
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Does your child play imaginatively with other children, and engage in role-play?Yes
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Does your child often do or say things that are tactless or socially inappropriate?Yes
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Could your child count to 50 without leaving out any numbers?Yes
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Does your child make normal eye-contact?Yes
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Does your child have any unusual and repetitive movements?Yes
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Is your child’s social behavior very one-sided and always on his/her own terms?Yes
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Does your child sometimes say “you” or “s/he” when s/he means “I”?Yes
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Does your child prefer imaginative activities such as play-acting or story-telling, rather than numbers or lists of facts?Yes
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Does your child sometimes lose the listener because of not explaining what s/he is talking about? Yes
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Could your child ride a bicycle (even if with stabilizers)?Yes
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Does your child try to impose routines on him/herself, or on others, in such a way that it causes problems?Yes
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Does your child care how s/he is perceived by the rest of the group?Yes
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Does your child often turn conversations to his/her favorite subject rather than following what the other person wants to talk about?Yes
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Does your child have odd or unusual phrases?Yes