Attention impairments no key component of autism
New research says that attention impairments are not a key component of autism. And although children with autism often have attention disorders, it’s not the case in all autistic children. Two attention abilities specifically—moving attention fluidly and orienting to social information—do not account for the characteristics of autism.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130731093720.htm