Autism Spectrum Disorder

Question 1

What is echolalia?

Answer 1

Delayed or immediate imitation of speech

Question 2

What is stereotypical speech?

Answer 2

Reciting what is heard on tv, in conversations, or repetitive meaningless phrases

Question 3

What are some examples of restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior using objects?

Answer 3

Lining up toys
Opening and closing doors
Turning lights on and off
Waving objects around

Question 4

What are other examples of repetitive behavior?

Answer 4

Repetitive vocalizations such as squealing

Repetitive hand or body movements such as hand flapping

Question 5

ASD kiddos tend to be resistant to:

Answer 5

Change, transitions, and unpredictable events

Question 6

ASD kiddos tend to follow:

Answer 6

Routines and rituals

Question 7

ASD kiddos sometimes have unusual attachments to:

Answer 7

Inanimate objects

Question 8

ASD kiddos have core deficits in understanding symbols resulting in difficulties using _

Answer 8

Gesture

Question 9

T/F ASD kiddos often talk about a wide range of topics

Answer 9

F

They usually obsess over 1 or 2 topics

Question 10

T/F Echolalia is used as a way to learn language

Answer 10

T

Question 11

Because ASD kiddos do not understand conventional meaning in words, they have difficulty communicating:

Answer 11

Intended meanings

Question 12

Autistic children tend to have higher than average levels in _ _ skills, such as using objects to construct a product

Answer 12

Constructive play

Question 13

ASD kiddos have _ _ deficits

Answer 13

Sensory processing deficits

Question 14

What is a sensory processing deficit?

Answer 14

For example: Tristan had an unusual interest in sensory aspects of environment - he had a sensory processing deficit

Question 15

ASD kiddos may have a high tolerance to _ and overreact to certain _

Answer 15

Pain, sounds

Question 16

It is estimated that only _% of ASD kiddos are diagnosed before age 3

Answer 16

20%

Question 17

The average age of diagnosis for ASD is:

Answer 17

4 or 5

Question 18

Most research clinics report that as many as 25% of children who receive early intervention will:

Answer 18

Lose the diagnosis completely

Question 19

T/F Research suggests that non-verbal children who receive early intervention in the preschool years, are more likely to become verbal than children who begin treatment after age 5

Answer 19

T

Question 20

Prevalence of ASD:
1 in _ children
_ times more common in boys

Answer 20

1 in 68 children

4.5 times more common in boys

Question 21

What does prevalence measure?

Answer 21

Think: Prevalence - Population - Particular time

How much of a disease/condition there is in a population at a particular time

Question 22

What does incidence measure?

Answer 22

Think: incidence (kinda) rhymes of occurrence

The rate of occurrence of new cases of a disease/condition

Question 23

T/F When one identical twin has ASD there is a better chance that the other one will also than compared to non identical twins

Answer 23

T

Question 24

Almost _ of children with ASD have average to above average intellectual ability

Answer 24

Almost half

Question 25

ASD it more likely to occur in children who are born to _ parents

Answer 25

Older parents

Question 26

T/F ASD rarely co-occurs with other developmental, psychiatric, neurologic, chromosomal, and genetic diagnoses

Answer 26

F

ASD commonly co-occurs with other diagnoses

Question 27

A study showed that nearly _ of Autistic children are also apraxic

Answer 27

2/3

Question 28

Early signs of ASD before 6 months:

Answer 28

1. Not smiling
2. Not reacting to parent’s presence
3. Lack of visual tracking
4. Lack of relatedness

Question 29

Early signs of ASD 9-12 months:

Answer 29

1. Lack of joint attention
2. No response to name called
3. Decreased use of gesture

Question 30

Early signs of ASD 12-36 months:

Answer 30

1. No first word by 16 months
2. No 2-word utterance by 2 years
3. Intense sensory seeking