L16: Autism spectrum disorders

Question 1

What did Grunya Sukhareva do?

Answer 1

first person to publish list of autism traits in 1925

Question 2

What do autistic people have difficulties with in socio-emotional reciprocity

Answer 2

• working co-operatively
• sharing enjoyment and interets with others

Question 3

What do autistic people have difficulties with in relationships?

Answer 3

• developing
• maintaining
• understanding

Question 4

What do autistic people have difficulties in within communicative behaviours?

Answer 4

• jokes and sarcasm
• social use of language
• literal interpretation
• body language, facial expressions and gestures

Question 5

List 2 language development issues in autism

Answer 5

• lack or delayed onset of speech
• gramatical structure is more rigid in ASD than in TD

Question 6

List 3 issues with speech development in autism

Answer 6

• unusual or odd sounding prosody
• less social and communicative competence
• prosody could become a stigmatising barrier to social acceptance

Question 7

List 4 RRBs in DSM5

Answer 7

• highly restricted, fixated interests
• stereotypical use of speech
• insistence to sameness and ritualized patterns of verbal and non-verbal behaviours
• hyper/hypo reactivity to sensory input

Question 8

Why can sensory sensitivities be an issue in autistic people?

Answer 8

They can interfere with functions of daily life and could hinder the development of communication skills

Question 9

What are sensory sensitivites associated with?

Answer 9

• social and emotional skills
• anxiety levels
• behavioural functions

Question 10

List 3 points of autism diagnosis

Answer 10

• symptoms must be present in the early develomental period
• symptoms cause clinically significant impairment in social, occupational or other areas of functioning
• Intellectual disability and ASD frequently co-occur; to make comorbid diagnoses of ASD and intellectual disability

Question 11

What is the level 1 security level of ASD?

Answer 11

requiring support

Question 12

What is the level 2 security level of ASD?

Answer 12

requiring substantial support

Question 13

What is the level 3 security level of ASD?

Answer 13

requiring very substantial support

Question 14

List 3 social communications in the LVL1 security level

Answer 14

• without support social communication cause noticeable impairments
• difficulty initiating social interactions
• may have decreased interest in social interactions

Question 15

List 3 RRBs associated with the LVL1 security level

Answer 15

• inflexiblity of behaviour causes interference with functioning
• difficulty in switching between activities
• problems of organisation and planning

Question 16

List 3 social communication issues in the LVL2 security level

Answer 16

• marked deficits in verbal and nonverbal social communication skills
• social impairments apparent
• limited initation of social interactions and reduced abnormal responses to social overtures from others