ASD Flashcards
ASD
- a spectrum
- in order to meet criteria symptoms have to be interfering significantly with daily functioning
- considerable range on impairment
DSM 5 (social communication)
persistent deficits in social communication/interactions from…
- **deficits in social-emotional reciprocity
- **deficits in non-verbal communication
- **deficits in developing, maintaining, and understanding relationships
deficits in social-emotional reciprocity
- failure to initiate convos
- reduced spontaneous sharing of emotions and interests
- no normal back and forth convo
deficits in nonverbal communicative behaviors
- mismatch of verbal and nonverbal communication
- poor eye contact
- lack of facial expression
- problem understanding gestures, expressions
deficits in developing, maintaining relationships
- difficulty adjusting behavior to various contexts
- no imaginative play
- not making friends
- no interest in peers
DSM 5 (repetitive patters of behavior, interests, or activities)
restricted, repetitive behavior, interests, or activities with at least 2/4
- *stereotyped movements, speech
- *insistence on sameness
- *highly restricted, fixed interests that are abnormal
- *hyper-or hyporeactivity to sensory input or unusual interest in sensory stuff
stereotyped or repetitive movements, use of objects, or speech
- simple motor stereotypes or tics
- lining up toys or flipping objects
- echolalia
- odd habits in speech
echolalia
repeating someone elses speech
insistent on sameness
- extreme distress at small changes
- difficulties with transitions
- rigid greeting rituals
highly restricted, fixed interests that are abnormal in intensity or focus
- strong attachment or preoccupation with unusual objects
- excessive very specific or perserverative interests
hyper or hyporeactivity to sensory input or unusual interest in sensory aspects
- apparent indifference to pain/temp
- adverse response to specific sounds, textures, smells, etc
- need to touch objects
- visual fascination w/ lights or movements
Other parts of DSM 5
- symptoms must be present in early developmental period
- symptoms cause clinically significant impairment important parts of life
- symptoms are not better explained by a diagnosis of intellectual disability
core deficit in ASD
- inability to relate to others and to take perspective
- difficulty to perceive and understand the overall meaning of events
Aspergers’
- high functioning end of autism
- speech is okay but communication is impaired
- involves a single interest that is pursued obsessively
Savants
- some autistics have savant skills
- typically are special memory abilities in the areas of music, calc, and drawing
