As part of the diagnostic clinic, I was asked to provide short videos of Buddy in typical daily settings so the experts could get a broader picture of him than they would see during the 4 hour evaluation. Below are the videos I brought.
In this first one, you can see him getting caught up in a ritual involving puzzle pieces. Completely in his own world, he pushed each piece onto the eye-level edge. Toward the end of the video, you can see how he was unresponsive to his name, despite it being said multiple times in different intonations.
In the second one, you can see his immature and atypical play skills. Most 2 year olds would be playing purposefully with toys rather than aimlessly wandering around the room, dumping things and pushing things here or there. You can also see a lack of eye contact.
This is a video that was taken shortly after the diagnosis. Note how he doesn't respond to me at all and how he isn't interested in sharing the experience of looking at a book with me.
This last one shows some of his flapping, odd posturing with his hands and toe walking behaviors.
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