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Autism 1st exam Questions and
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What is the current prevalence of ASD in the USA? - ✔✔1 in 59
When diagnosing ASD, how many of the 3 social communication deficits need to be manifested? - ✔✔All
3 - social-emotional reciprocity, nonverbal behaviors, & developing- maintaining relationships
Which of the 3 functional levels of ASD is identified as the most severe? - ✔✔Level 3"Requiring very
substantial support"
DSM-5-TR: Level 3 ASDRequiring Very Substantial Support - ✔✔-Social communication-Severe deficits
in verbal and nonverbal social communication skills cause severe impairments in functioning, very
limited initiation of social interactions, and minimal response to social overtures from others. For
example, a person with few words of intelligible speech who rarely initiates interaction and, when he or
she does, makes unusual approaches to meet needs only and responds to only very direct social
approaches
-Restricted, repetitive behaviors-
Inflexibility of behavior, extreme difficulty coping with change, or other restricted/repetitive behaviors
markedly interfere with functioning in all spheres. Great distress/difficulty changing focus or action.
What state in the USA has the highest ALD prevalance? - ✔✔California
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Name a characteristic of ASD Level 1. - ✔✔Decreased interest in social interactions, able to speak in
sentences but difficulties in conversation
DSM-5-TR: Level 1 ASDRequiring Support (Highest Functioning) - ✔✔•Without supports in place,
deficits in social communication cause noticeable impairments. Difficulty initiating social interactions,
and clear examples of atypical or unsuccessful response to social overtures of others. May appear to have
decreased interest in social interactions. For example, a person who is able to speak in full sentences and
engages in communication but who's to-and-fro conversation with others fails, and whose attempts to
make friends are odd & typically unsuccessful.
-Inflexibility of behavior causes significant interference with functioning in one or more contexts.
Difficulty switching between activities. Problems of organization and planning hamper independence.
What type of disorder is autism? - ✔✔neurodevelopmental
What are 4 areas of restricted, repetitive behaviors & interests? - ✔✔Motor movements, inflexible
routines, restricted interests, & sensory issues
Restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities as manifested by at least two of the
following (currently or by history): - ✔✔1.Stereotyped or repetitive motor movements, use of objects, or
speech; (e.g., simple motor stereotypies, lining up toys or flipping objects, echolalia, or idiosyncratic
phrases).
2. Insistence on sameness, inflexible adherence to routines, or ritualized patterns of verbal or nonverbal
behavior (e.g., extreme distress at small changes, difficulties with transition, rigid thinking patterns,
greeting rituals, need to take same route or eat same food every day).
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3. Highly restricted, fixated interests that are abnormal in intensity or focus; (e.g., strong attachment to or
preoccupation with unusual objects, excessively circumscribed or perseverative interests).
4. Hyper-or hyporeactivity to sensory input or unusual interest in sensory aspects of the environment;
(e.g., apparent indifference to pain/temperature, adverse response to specific sounds or textures,
excessive smelling or touching of objects, fascination with lights or movement).
Name 2 early signs of autism in infants. - ✔✔Seldom eye contact, lack of response to name, not looking
when pointing, no interactive babbling
Early Signs of Autism in Infants - ✔✔•Very minimal or no smiling (first months of life)
•Seldom makes eye contact (2-4 mos.)
•Lack of response to calling their name (>3x at 8-10 mos.)
•Doesn't turn or look when you point or ask child to look at something (10-12 mos.)
•Doesn't point at objects or people (12-14 mos.) or explore surroundings with interest
•Doesn't engage in back-forth babbling (starting 6 mos.)
•Demonstrates unusual motions such as hand flapping, spinning, rocking
•No words (symbolic communication) (by 16 mos.)
•Plays with toys in odd or repetitive ways
Name 2 things that lead to a better prognosis with ASD. - ✔✔Higher IQ, speaking by 5 years old,
responding to name, no echolalia
Better prognosis with ASD if... - ✔✔•Has higher IQ (intelligence quotient / higher cognitive abilities)
•Responds to own name when called
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