How to identify folks or kids on the spectrum by these simple key clues

When trying to identify folks or kids on the spectrum, I tend to look for the following simple “key clues”.

1. Do they have a strong bias towards the “thinking/objective data” rather than the “feelings” when it comes to taking in information, making decisions or taking actions?

2. Do they have a strong bias towards following and trusting their own inner rules, principles and values, rather the rules, principles and values of the outside world? In other words, are they more strongly “inner compass orientated” rather than “outer compass orientated”?

3. Obsessive compulsive features with difficulties around “shifting gears”. 

4. Sensory difficulties with one or more of the 5 senses. 

5. Is there significant psychosocial dysfunction or adjustment issues that cannot be readjusted easily?