Neurodevelopemt Disorders

Question 1

What is an intellectual disability?

Answer 1

Low intellectual functioning
- reflected in low test score

Difficulty adapting to independent skills

• Social
• Practicle (interpersonal skills, being socially responsible, following basic rules and laws, avoiding being victimized)
• Conceptual (interpersonal skills, being socially responsible, following basic rules and laws, avoiding being victimized)

Question 2

What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?

Answer 2

is a cognitive and social emotional disorder

• Social deficiencies (communication + social interactions)
• Rigidly fixation
• Repetition behaviour.

Question 3

What are the symptoms of ASD?

Answer 3

• Poor communication between different brain regions associated with mirroring
• Boys = systematizers thus more noticeable
• Girls= empathizer thus less likely
• under connectivity
  (Fewer than normal fiver tracts connecting between the front and the back of the brain - eg: connecting emotional and visual information)

Question 4

Why are there contrevercies over attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder?

Answer 4

A child (or, less commonly, an adult) who displays extreme inattention and/or hyperactivity and impulsivity

Controversies center on whether the
- growing number of ADHD cases reflect

• overdiagnosis
• Increased awareness
• Long-term effects of stimulant-drug treatment

Question 5

Neurodevelopmental disorders

Answer 5

Central nervous system abnormalities (usually in the brain)

• Start in childhood
• Alter thinking and behavior (as in intellectual limitations or a psychological disorder).