AUTISM

ASD  is an acronym for

• American Society for Disabled persons
• Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Autism Society of Disabled
• American Society of Disabled

IF a child maintains eye contact with you he is not autistic(choose the best answer

• Always True
• Always False
• not always-every child is different
• none of these

definition of autism

• a neurobioogical disorderl
• affects how a person thinks
• affects how a person interactsf with others
• all are true

Autism is more prevalent in 

• females
• males
• older females
• none are true

About how many Americans have some form of ASD

• 1.5 million
• 10 milllion
• 100,000
• 1 in 25

The average age of diagnosis of ASD is

• birth to 2
• 3 to 5
• 4.5 to 5.5
• 3.5 to 4

Usually parents report concerns about these types of beahviors prior to age

• 5
• 3
• 1
• 2

Characateristics of Autism include

•  social and communication differences
• sensory, motor and cognitive differences
• emotional vulnerability, medical or biological differences and restricted patterns of behavior
• all are true

Social differences include

• difficulty with nonverbal communication, poor eye contact and  maintianing  personal space
• difficulty joining activities, taking turns, waiting, recognizing thoughts/feelings of others
• neither
• both

Communication  differences include

• little or no speech, does not respond when called by name, asks repetitive questions, 
• fails to initiate or respond to greetings, struggles with following directions, displays immediate or delayed echolaila, difficulty with conversation
• both
• neither