Autism 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

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

Autism is generally evident before what age?

• Ten Years Old

• Three Years Old

• Five Years Old

• Seven Years Old

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

TRUE or FALSE- Children with autism are NOT resistant to changes in routines or environment. 

• True 
• False 

Researchers suggest that the development of autism is rooted in

• Genetics and Very Early Brain Development

• Low Immunity

• Vaccines

• Traumatic Brain Injury

The average lifetime cost for caring for a child with autism is

• 2 Million

• 3 Million

• 4 Million

• 5 Million

A child can outgrow Autism with proper treatment and early intervention. True or False?

• True

• False

If a child maintains eye contact with you then he/she is not autistic

• Always True

• Always False

• not always-every child is different

• none of these