Autism Spectrum Disorders - Characteristics and
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Facts about ASD ✔Correct Answer--Spectrum from mild to severe
-Pragmatic issues
-Difficulty with theory of mind
-Often co-morbidities, such as intellectual disability
-Occurs more in males
-Issues with inferencing
-Speech/language issues
-No medical detection or cure
-Fastest growing developmental disorder
-Often above normal in distinguishing small differences between stimuli
-Sensory processing difficulties
-Difficulties in selective attention, orienting and shifting attention
-Able to express emotion and make attachments
True/False: The DSM-5 uses the term Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) to replace the sub-groups
such as asperger syndrome. ✔Correct Answer-True
How do the DSM-5 changes to ASD affect the field of speech-language pathology? ✔Correct
Answer--There is no longer any criteria related to delay or lack of development of spoken language.
-Allows the clinician to specify whether ASD occurs with or without language impairment
What were the DSM-5 changes to ASD related to sensory input? ✔Correct Answer-Recognition of
unusual reactions to sensory input, such as hyper or hypo reactivity or unusual interest in sensory
aspects of environment
The DSM-5 ASD diagnostic criteria require that a child must show how many types of impairment in
social communication and interaction? ✔Correct Answer-Three:
1. Social-emotional reciprocity
2. Non-verbal communication
3. Developing, maintaining and understanding relationships
What is social-emotional reciprocity? ✔Correct Answer-Appropriate interactions with another
person
What kind of delays in non-verbal communication might be missing in someone with ASD?
✔Correct Answer-Early gestures missing, no reaching out for objects, no joint attention
What are the 4 types of restrictive or repetitive patterns of behavior common in ASD? ✔Correct
Answer-1. Repetitive movements, speech or use of objects (e.g. hand/arm flapping, running in
circles)
2. Insistence on sameness or ritualized patterns of verbal of nonverbal behavior
3. Highly restricted, fixated interests that are abnormal in focus/intensity
4. Under or over reaction to sensory input or unusual sensory interest
, According to the DSM-5 a child must show how many of the 4 types of restrictive/repetitive patterns
of behavior to be diagnosed with ASD? ✔Correct Answer-2 of the 4
According to the DSM-5, to be diagnosed with ASD, a child's impairments must: ✔Correct Answer-
1. Be present in early development
2. Cause impairment in social, occupational or other areas of functioning
3. Not be better explained by intellectual disability or global developmental delay
Autism Spectrum Disorder is a _______________ disorder with a ______________ basis. ✔Correct
Answer-Psychiatric disorder with a neurological basis
Autism Spectrum Disorder impairs a person's ability to... ✔Correct Answer-1. Interact with others
(social-emotional reciprocity)
2. Communicate verbally and non-verbally
3. Form relationships
Autism Spectrum Disorder is primarily a disorder of... ✔Correct Answer-Communication. Not
simply a language disorder.
True/False: ASD is primarily a disorder of communication, it's not simply a language disorder.
✔Correct Answer-True
True/False: ASD is a language disorder. ✔Correct Answer-False.
What are some deficits in language and cognitive skills in people with ASD? ✔Correct Answer--
Impaired acquisition of words, word combinations, syntax
-issues with use and understanding of verbal and nonverbal communication
-Symbolic play deficits
-Conversation deficits
-Literacy deficits
-Executive functioning deficits
True/False: The etiology of ASD is thought to be biologic/genetic. ✔Correct Answer-True
True/False: Incidence of ASD is higher in males than females. ✔Correct Answer-True
True/False: Incidence of ASD is higher if there is a family history. ✔Correct Answer-True
What are some disproved proposed causes of ASD? ✔Correct Answer--Mercury in vaccines
-Cold mothers/parents
What are some proposed causes of ASD that have not yet been disproved? ✔Correct Answer--
Environmental contaminants
-Allergies to gluten
-Genetic factors
-Neurophysiological correlates
-Reduced connectivity of brain regions
What are some proposed neurophysiological correlates of ASD? ✔Correct Answer--Abnormal
cellular organization of limbic system
-Elevated levels of neurotransmitter serotonin
Assessment Exam with All Correct & 100% Verified
Answers
Facts about ASD ✔Correct Answer--Spectrum from mild to severe
-Pragmatic issues
-Difficulty with theory of mind
-Often co-morbidities, such as intellectual disability
-Occurs more in males
-Issues with inferencing
-Speech/language issues
-No medical detection or cure
-Fastest growing developmental disorder
-Often above normal in distinguishing small differences between stimuli
-Sensory processing difficulties
-Difficulties in selective attention, orienting and shifting attention
-Able to express emotion and make attachments
True/False: The DSM-5 uses the term Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) to replace the sub-groups
such as asperger syndrome. ✔Correct Answer-True
How do the DSM-5 changes to ASD affect the field of speech-language pathology? ✔Correct
Answer--There is no longer any criteria related to delay or lack of development of spoken language.
-Allows the clinician to specify whether ASD occurs with or without language impairment
What were the DSM-5 changes to ASD related to sensory input? ✔Correct Answer-Recognition of
unusual reactions to sensory input, such as hyper or hypo reactivity or unusual interest in sensory
aspects of environment
The DSM-5 ASD diagnostic criteria require that a child must show how many types of impairment in
social communication and interaction? ✔Correct Answer-Three:
1. Social-emotional reciprocity
2. Non-verbal communication
3. Developing, maintaining and understanding relationships
What is social-emotional reciprocity? ✔Correct Answer-Appropriate interactions with another
person
What kind of delays in non-verbal communication might be missing in someone with ASD?
✔Correct Answer-Early gestures missing, no reaching out for objects, no joint attention
What are the 4 types of restrictive or repetitive patterns of behavior common in ASD? ✔Correct
Answer-1. Repetitive movements, speech or use of objects (e.g. hand/arm flapping, running in
circles)
2. Insistence on sameness or ritualized patterns of verbal of nonverbal behavior
3. Highly restricted, fixated interests that are abnormal in focus/intensity
4. Under or over reaction to sensory input or unusual sensory interest
, According to the DSM-5 a child must show how many of the 4 types of restrictive/repetitive patterns
of behavior to be diagnosed with ASD? ✔Correct Answer-2 of the 4
According to the DSM-5, to be diagnosed with ASD, a child's impairments must: ✔Correct Answer-
1. Be present in early development
2. Cause impairment in social, occupational or other areas of functioning
3. Not be better explained by intellectual disability or global developmental delay
Autism Spectrum Disorder is a _______________ disorder with a ______________ basis. ✔Correct
Answer-Psychiatric disorder with a neurological basis
Autism Spectrum Disorder impairs a person's ability to... ✔Correct Answer-1. Interact with others
(social-emotional reciprocity)
2. Communicate verbally and non-verbally
3. Form relationships
Autism Spectrum Disorder is primarily a disorder of... ✔Correct Answer-Communication. Not
simply a language disorder.
True/False: ASD is primarily a disorder of communication, it's not simply a language disorder.
✔Correct Answer-True
True/False: ASD is a language disorder. ✔Correct Answer-False.
What are some deficits in language and cognitive skills in people with ASD? ✔Correct Answer--
Impaired acquisition of words, word combinations, syntax
-issues with use and understanding of verbal and nonverbal communication
-Symbolic play deficits
-Conversation deficits
-Literacy deficits
-Executive functioning deficits
True/False: The etiology of ASD is thought to be biologic/genetic. ✔Correct Answer-True
True/False: Incidence of ASD is higher in males than females. ✔Correct Answer-True
True/False: Incidence of ASD is higher if there is a family history. ✔Correct Answer-True
What are some disproved proposed causes of ASD? ✔Correct Answer--Mercury in vaccines
-Cold mothers/parents
What are some proposed causes of ASD that have not yet been disproved? ✔Correct Answer--
Environmental contaminants
-Allergies to gluten
-Genetic factors
-Neurophysiological correlates
-Reduced connectivity of brain regions
What are some proposed neurophysiological correlates of ASD? ✔Correct Answer--Abnormal
cellular organization of limbic system
-Elevated levels of neurotransmitter serotonin
