Autism Spectrum Disorder Flashcards
What is echolalia?
Delayed or immediate imitation of speech
What is stereotypical speech?
Reciting what is heard on tv, in conversations, or repetitive meaningless phrases
What are some examples of restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior using objects?
Lining up toys
Opening and closing doors
Turning lights on and off
Waving objects around
What are other examples of repetitive behavior?
Repetitive vocalizations such as squealing
Repetitive hand or body movements such as hand flapping
ASD kiddos tend to be resistant to:
Change, transitions, and unpredictable events
ASD kiddos tend to follow:
Routines and rituals
ASD kiddos sometimes have unusual attachments to:
Inanimate objects
ASD kiddos have core deficits in understanding symbols resulting in difficulties using _
Gesture
T/F ASD kiddos often talk about a wide range of topics
F
They usually obsess over 1 or 2 topics
T/F Echolalia is used as a way to learn language
T
Because ASD kiddos do not understand conventional meaning in words, they have difficulty communicating:
Intended meanings
Autistic children tend to have higher than average levels in _ _ skills, such as using objects to construct a product
Constructive play
ASD kiddos have _ _ deficits
Sensory processing deficits
What is a sensory processing deficit?
For example: Tristan had an unusual interest in sensory aspects of environment - he had a sensory processing deficit
ASD kiddos may have a high tolerance to _ and overreact to certain _
Pain, sounds
It is estimated that only _% of ASD kiddos are diagnosed before age 3
20%
The average age of diagnosis for ASD is:
4 or 5
Most research clinics report that as many as 25% of children who receive early intervention will:
Lose the diagnosis completely
T/F Research suggests that non-verbal children who receive early intervention in the preschool years, are more likely to become verbal than children who begin treatment after age 5
T
Prevalence of ASD:
1 in _ children
_ times more common in boys
1 in 68 children
4.5 times more common in boys
What does prevalence measure?
Think: Prevalence - Population - Particular time
How much of a disease/condition there is in a population at a particular time
What does incidence measure?
Think: incidence (kinda) rhymes of occurrence
The rate of occurrence of new cases of a disease/condition
T/F When one identical twin has ASD there is a better chance that the other one will also than compared to non identical twins
T
Almost _ of children with ASD have average to above average intellectual ability
Almost half
ASD it more likely to occur in children who are born to _ parents
Older parents
T/F ASD rarely co-occurs with other developmental, psychiatric, neurologic, chromosomal, and genetic diagnoses
F
ASD commonly co-occurs with other diagnoses
A study showed that nearly _ of Autistic children are also apraxic
2/3
Early signs of ASD before 6 months:
- Not smiling
- Not reacting to parent’s presence
- Lack of visual tracking
- Lack of relatedness
Early signs of ASD 9-12 months:
- Lack of joint attention
- No response to name called
- Decreased use of gesture
Early signs of ASD 12-36 months:
- No first word by 16 months
- No 2-word utterance by 2 years
- Intense sensory seeking
