Autism

ASD  is an acronym for

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

Autism is more prevalent in 

• females
• males
• older females
• none are true

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

_{Autism significantly affects all of the following EXCEPT}

• Verbal Communications
• Social Interaction
• Educational Performance 
• Lung Function

Which condition is also on the spectrum of autism disorders? 

• Obsessive Complusive Disorder 
• Epilepsy 
• Panic Disorder
• Asperger Syndrome

Researchers suggest that the development of autism is rooted in 

• Genetics and Very Early Brain Development 
• Low Immunity
• Vaccines
• Traumatic Brain Injury 

Aspergers is no longer used to describe someone. The new term for someone with Aspergers is?

• Autistic life disability?
• Autism heightened deficiency 
• Autistic Spectrum Brain Disorder
• Autistic Spectrum Disorder 

What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?

• Developmental disability significantly affecting verbal and nonverbal communication 
• A developmental disability significantly affecting social interaction
• A developmental disability that is evident before age 3
• All of the above

Which of these answers about Communication and ASD is INCORRECT?

• 50% of children with ASD never develop language
• There is usually a delay in receptive and expressive language
• They usually have a marked impairment in conversational skills
• If they have speech it may not be fluent or functional

True or False. Asperger's syndrome is a milder case of autism.

• True
• False