Autism Spectrum Disorders

Question 1

According to Rutter, what is autism?

Answer 1

an issue in the brain where an individual does not know how to socialize with other people and cannot acquire and use language

Question 2

What does it mean when autism is described as a spectrum disorder?

Answer 2

The symptoms of autism vary from person to person

Question 3

What are some supposed causes of autism?

Answer 3

Genes, environment, vaccines, and metabolic/immunity causations and allergy connections

Question 4

In NYS, who is allowed to diagnose a child with ASD?

Answer 4

medical doctor or a licensed clinical psychologist

Question 5

When is a child typically diagnosed with ASD?

Answer 5

within three years of age

Question 6

Level 1 ASD for social communication is characterized by

Answer 6

requiring support due to struggles with initiating social interactions, responding inappropriately to social overtures, and not wanting to interact socially

Question 7

Level 1 ASD for restricted repetitve behaviors is characterized by

Answer 7

Unwillingness to behave differently in certain contexts; difficulty with transitioning between activities; issues with organizing and planning hurt independence

Question 8

What does ASD intervention consist of?

Answer 8

providing meaningful learning strategies, offering feedback, providing valid information, teaching strategies

Question 9

What are treatment methods used when working with individuals with ASD

Answer 9

TEACH, ABA therapy, Numerati allergy identification testing, auditory integration, sensory integration,

Question 10

What should SLPs know regarding expressive language of people with ASD?

Answer 10

25-40% of people with ASD may never develop enough language to only express themselves orally; their language has limited social function; early emergent language is likely viewed as echolalic

Question 11

What is immediate echolalia?

Answer 11

when someone repeats something immediately after they hear it

Question 12

What is delayed echolalia?

Answer 12

when someone repeats something they hear after some time has passed.

Question 13

What is mitigated echolalia?

Answer 13

when someone repeats a phrase they have heard of instead of a specific word in a given situation

Question 14

What should SLPs know regarding the receptive language of people with ASD?

Answer 14

likely to be impacted negatively; gestalt processing; trouble with transitions; trouble with changes in daily routine

Question 15

What should SLPs know regarding pragmatics of people with ASD?

Answer 15

instrumental communication instead of effective language usage; poor turn taking; poor awareness of others; does not initiate conversations

Question 16

What should SLPs know regarding the speech of people with ASD?

Answer 16

unique intonation; aprosodic patters; may be prone to unresolved phonological processes

Question 17

What is Level 2 ASD with regards to social communication?

Answer 17

barely initiate social interactions; during social overtures, they don’t respond or respond abnormally; noticeable deficits in verbal and nonverbal social communication; social impairments noticeable even with supports

Question 18

What is Level 2 ASD with regards to restricted, repetitive behaviors?

Answer 18

behavior is inflexible; struggle to handle change; other repetitive or restrictive behaviors noted; distressed when changing focus or action

Question 19

What is Level 3 ASD with regards to social communication?

Answer 19

they rarely initiate social contact; huge deficits in verbal and nonverbal social communication; little responses to social overtures (e.g., being asked a question) from other people

Question 20

What is Level 3 ASD with regards to restricted, repetitve behaviors?

Answer 20

Great difficult/distress changing focusing or course of action; they really struggle to change their behavior;