Autism

Question 1

Autism is marked by difficulties in three main areas:

Answer 1

*social deficits
*communication issues
*restricted behaviors

Question 2

ASD occurs more commonly in what sex

Answer 2

males

Question 3

Within the first 36 months of life, children with ASD often has

Answer 3

*lack of responsiveness to people around them
*display gross impairment in communication skills
*produce abnormal responses to various aspects of the environment

Question 4

Common symptoms of ASD:

Answer 4

*failure to develop social relations
*stereotyped behaviors such as hand gestures
*extreme resistance to change in routine
*abnormal responses to sensory stimuli
*decreased sensitive to pain

Question 5

ASD is often recognizable in children between

Answer 5

12 and 24 months but may be noticed earlier if the condition is more severe.

Question 7

Primary treatment for children with ASD includes

Answer 7

educational, compensatory, and behavior modalities, such as the evidence-based applied behavior analysis (ABA) treatment