Are these signs of autism? (16 month old toddler)

[tryingforn2]

Hi all! Would you think these could indicate autism? My son is 16 months old in a few days.
He only says "mama" or "mamama" - I don't think he associates it with me. It's babbling rather a word.
He said baba briefly for a few days at a time a couple of times but would soon forget.
He bangs his head in frustration
He recently started banging his chest repeatedly
He loves spinning
He also loves spinning his toy car wheels. That's the only way he plays with them
He rarely replies to his name
He rarely makes eye contact when you talk to him but does very well when he is the one starting the interaction
He can clap but he can't wave, point, or hand toys/objects.
He can't colour or use a crayon, he can't use a spoon either
Doesn't answer to his name very often
He doesn't seem to understand what we say (doesn't know the words for anything for instance what a cat is, what a ball is, etc...), he also doesn't understand any instruction besides "come here" and "no"
He doesn't know body parts and won't look at anything if you point to it
He can walk very well
Doesn't shake his head no and doesn't nod
Doesn't do pretend play
Pushes other kids away when they try to hand him toys
He is however curious of people and loves to interact with them. Very smiley
He hates being held
He doesn't kiss, hug and very rarely cuddles (as in put his head on us for a few seconds)

Thank you

Have you spoken to your health visitor or GP about your concerns?

Thank you for your reply!

He had a check up with the health visitor. They said he wasn't meeting his milestones, that was months ago.

I booked an appointment with the GP for next week

As well as speaking to the GP, speak to your HV again.

Have a look at the MCHAT. That will give you an idea of things that are considered.

He scored 12 on the Mchat.

Is the online test accurate?

What’s the threshold on the test, it’s been a while since I’ve looked at it.

It’s good you have the GP appointment, take your written list of concerns with you and ask for a referral for assessment.

8 to 20 is considered high risk

Thank you! I will do that

It is a helpful indicator that further assessment would be a good idea. It isn’t designed to mean high risk definitely means DC will be diagnosed.

Hi yes i would agree that many of the things you said your son does is signs of autism. My daughter is 2yr3months and she scored 17 on MChat she is already under the care of the Peads and undergoing the inital process of Peads Assessments and gentic testing of her blood. Just a handy bit of advice if your son has additional care needs compared to children his own age then i would recommend applying for DLA. Some may think well a 2 year old has many needs anyway but i mean things like if you have to restrain your child to stop self harming behaviour(head banging, biting) my daughter also has PICA which is where she craves and constantly eats none food items wood, paper, hair, she even eats her own poop.I'm just giving examples because a lot of people dont know that your child does not need to have a diagnosis to be entitled to DLA. Hope this helps xx

Any update?

Hi, I know this is an old thread but just reading it now and all those things are signs of autism and all things my toddler does as well. Have you been diagnosed yet?