Poor Motor Skills - he can't throw & catch a ball, he can't cut his food, tie his shoe laces, balance, ride a bike (these are all things that his peers have been able to do for a long time)

He is 6 (7 in a few weeks)with a reading age of 10, and an almost unshakeable ability to spell any word with 100% accuracy but is unable to tell the time, work unassisted with simple numeracy tasks.

He has poor social skills, and does not understand or recognise other peoples emotions. He does not understand turn taking in conversation.

He takes things very literal, and although very emotional about things that appear reletively unimportant to us, does not see the big deal about important people in his life leaving or dying etc.

He has fixations / obsessions. At the moment it is Doctor Who, and he talks about it all day everyday. He knows every character, goodies and baddies, every plot and story line.

He has unusual body movements, like flappingnhis arms and spinnning when he is walking or concentrating (he will stand up turn around then sit down and continue what he was doing) he repeats this behaviour every few minutes.

And finally he is extremly sensitive to sound and smell and has strong likes and dislikes for things, such as his clothes, hates labels in the back of his clothes, doesn't like jeans or shorts, won't wear jumpers the list goes on and on!!!