Autism Core Knowledge (QABA ABAT
Exam Study Slides)/ 30 Questions
and Answers/ Graded A+
Autisitic Disorder - -Children who were highly intelligent but
displayed "a powerful desire for aloneness" and "an obsessive
insistence on persistent sameness"
-Asperger Syndrome - -• Named after Hans Asperger
• Individuals with similar deficits in social interaction, but with
stronger language skills
• Milder form of autism
• Known as "Little Professors" due to excess knowledge in 1
subject
-Five Disorders that are encompassed within ASD diagnosis: - -•
Autistic Disorder: also known as "Classical Autism"
• Asperger Syndrome
• Pervasive Developmental Disorder: otherwise known as PDD-
NOS
• Retts Syndrome
• Childhood Disintegrative Disorder (CDD)
-T/F: There is NO single cause of ASD - -True
-Complex relationship between ____________ and ____________
factors. - -Genetic predisposition, environmental
-Characterized by _____________ and ___________ patterns. - -social
communication deficits, restricted and repetitive behavior
-Two classifications of diagnostic criteria: - -- International
Classification of Disease, Tenth Edition (ICD 10)
, - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th
edition (DSM- V)
-What is the ASD: Triad of Primary Impairments? - -1. Social &
Emotional Interaction
2. Imagination & Flexibility of Thought
3. Social Communication & Language
-Characteristics of Social & Emotional Interaction Impairments: -
-• Standing too close to people
• Unaware of different ways of interacting with others
• Has desire to have friends and relationships but struggles to
initiate and maintain these
-Characteristics of Imagination & Flexibility of Thought
Impairments: - -• Does not understand others points of view or
feelings
• Takes everything literally
• Agitated by change in routine
-Characteristics of Social Communication & Language
Impairments: - -• Asks repetitive questions
• Cannot 'read between the lines' of what people mean
• Communicates for own needs, rather than for 'social'
engagement
• Makes factual comments inappropriate to the context
-•Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces
prevalence rates of autism; updated every _______ years.
-2016: 1 in every _____ children
-2018: 1 in every _____ children
-2020: 1 in every _____ children
-Rate is higher in boys than girls (about _____ times more common
in boys) - -a) 2
Exam Study Slides)/ 30 Questions
and Answers/ Graded A+
Autisitic Disorder - -Children who were highly intelligent but
displayed "a powerful desire for aloneness" and "an obsessive
insistence on persistent sameness"
-Asperger Syndrome - -• Named after Hans Asperger
• Individuals with similar deficits in social interaction, but with
stronger language skills
• Milder form of autism
• Known as "Little Professors" due to excess knowledge in 1
subject
-Five Disorders that are encompassed within ASD diagnosis: - -•
Autistic Disorder: also known as "Classical Autism"
• Asperger Syndrome
• Pervasive Developmental Disorder: otherwise known as PDD-
NOS
• Retts Syndrome
• Childhood Disintegrative Disorder (CDD)
-T/F: There is NO single cause of ASD - -True
-Complex relationship between ____________ and ____________
factors. - -Genetic predisposition, environmental
-Characterized by _____________ and ___________ patterns. - -social
communication deficits, restricted and repetitive behavior
-Two classifications of diagnostic criteria: - -- International
Classification of Disease, Tenth Edition (ICD 10)
, - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th
edition (DSM- V)
-What is the ASD: Triad of Primary Impairments? - -1. Social &
Emotional Interaction
2. Imagination & Flexibility of Thought
3. Social Communication & Language
-Characteristics of Social & Emotional Interaction Impairments: -
-• Standing too close to people
• Unaware of different ways of interacting with others
• Has desire to have friends and relationships but struggles to
initiate and maintain these
-Characteristics of Imagination & Flexibility of Thought
Impairments: - -• Does not understand others points of view or
feelings
• Takes everything literally
• Agitated by change in routine
-Characteristics of Social Communication & Language
Impairments: - -• Asks repetitive questions
• Cannot 'read between the lines' of what people mean
• Communicates for own needs, rather than for 'social'
engagement
• Makes factual comments inappropriate to the context
-•Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces
prevalence rates of autism; updated every _______ years.
-2016: 1 in every _____ children
-2018: 1 in every _____ children
-2020: 1 in every _____ children
-Rate is higher in boys than girls (about _____ times more common
in boys) - -a) 2
