Autism

Autism is one of the fastest-growing developmental disorders in the U.S.

• True

• False

Autism greatly varies from person to person (no two people with autism are alike)

• True

• False

Currently there is no cure for autism

• False

• 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 is more prevalent in 

• females
• males
• older females
• none are true

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

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

Autism is more recently referred to as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

• True
• False

Who is more likely to develop autism?

• Boys

• Girls

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

• True 
• False