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Childhood Autism Spectrum Test (CAST)

Enter either Y or N (Yes or No) for each item


Please read the following questions carefully, and circle the appropriate answer. All responses are
confidential.

1 Did s/he join in playing games with other children easily? Yes No
2 Did s/he come up to you spontaneously for a chat? Yes No
3 Was s/he speaking by 2 years old? Yes No
4 Did s/he enjoy sports? Yes No
5 Was it important to him/her to fit in with the peer group? Yes No
6 Did s/he appear to notice unusual details that others miss? Yes No
7 Did s/he tend to take things literally? Yes No
8 When s/he was 3 years old, did s/he spend a lot of time pretending (e.g., play-acting Yes No
being a superhero, or holding teddy’s tea parties)?
9 Did s/he like to do things over and over again, in the same way all the time? Yes No
10 Did s/he find it easy to interact with other children? Yes No
11 Could s/he keep a two-way conversation going? Yes No
12 Could s/he read appropriately for his/her age? Yes No
13 Did s/he mostly have the same interests as his/her peers? Yes No
14 Did s/he have an interest which takes up so much time that s/he did little else? Yes No
15 Did s/he have friends, rather than just acquaintances? Yes No
16 Did s/he often bring you things s/he was interested in to show you? Yes No
17 Did s/he enjoy joking around? Yes No
18 Did s/he have difficulty understanding the rules for polite behaviour? Yes No
19 Did s/he appear to have an unusual memory for details? Yes No
20 Was his/her voice unusual (e.g., overly adult, flat, or very monotonous)? Yes No
21 Were people important to him/her? Yes No
22 Could s/he dress him/herself? Yes No

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23 Was s/he good at turn-taking in conversation? Yes No
24 Did s/he play imaginatively with other children, and engage in role-play? Yes No
25 Did s/he often do or say things that are tactless or socially inappropriate? Yes No

26 Could s/he count to 50 without leaving out any numbers? Yes No


27 Did s/he make normal eye-contact? Yes No
28 Did s/he have any unusual and repetitive movements? Yes No
29 Was his/her social behaviour very one-sided and always on his/her own terms? Yes No
30 Did s/he sometimes say “you” or “s/he” when s/he meant "I"? Yes No
31 Did s/he prefer imaginative activities such as play-acting or story-telling, rather than Yes No
numbers or lists of facts?
32 Did s/he sometimes lose the listener because of not explaining what s/he was talking Yes No
about?
33 Could s/he ride a bicycle (even if with stabilisers)? Yes No
34 Did s/he try to impose routines on him/herself, or on others, in such a way that it causes Yes No
problems?
35 Did s/he care how s/he was perceived by the rest of the group? Yes No
36 Did s/he often turn conversations to his/her favourite subject rather than following Yes No
what the other person wants to talk about?
37 Did s/he have odd or unusual phrases? Yes No
38 Have teachers/health visitors ever expressed any concerns about his/her development? Yes No
If yes, please specify:

39 Has s/he ever been diagnosed with any of the following?:


Language delay Yes No
Hyperactivity/attention deficit disorder (ADHD) Yes No
Hearing or visual difficulties Yes No
Autism spectrum condition, inc. Asperger syndrome Yes No
A physical disability Yes No
Other (please specify) Yes No

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