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ASD Midterm Exam Questions andAnswers
DSM V Criteria for ASD - Answers --Persistent deficits in social communication and
social interaction across multiple contexts
-Restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities
How many social symptoms must an individual manifest to qualify in ASD? - Answers -
3, currently or by history
How many repetitive behaviors/restricted interests must an individual manifest to qualify
in ASD? - Answers -2, currently or by history
ASD Part A of diagnosis - Persistent deficits in social communication and social
interaction across multiple contexts, as manifested by the following: - Answers -1.
Deficits in social-emotional reciprocity.
2. Deficits in communicative behaviors used for social interaction (non-verbal
behaviors).
3. Deficits in developing, maintaining, and understanding relationships.
ASD Part B of diagnosis - Restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or
activities as manifest by at least two of the following: - Answers -1. Stereotyped or
repetitive motor movements, use of objects, or speech.
2. Insistence on sameness, inflexible adherence to routines, or ritualized patterns of
verbal or nonverbal behavior.
3. Highly restricted, fixated interests that are abnormal in intensity or focus.
4. Hyper- or hypo-reactivity to sensory input or unusual interest in sensory aspects of
the environment.
ASD Part C of diagnosis - Answers -Symptoms must be present in the early
developmental period (but may not become fully manifest until social demands exceed
limited capacities, or may be masked by learned strategies in later life).
ASD Part D of diagnosis - Answers -Symptoms cause clinically significant impairment in
social, occupational, or other important areas of current functioning.
ASD Part E of diagnosis - Answers -Disturbances are not better explained by
intellectual disability.
Additional specifiers after ASD is determined: - Answers --with or without accompanying
intellectual disability
, -with or without accompanying language impairment
-associated with a known medical or genetic condition or environmental factor
-associated with another neuro-developmental, mental, or behavioral disorder
Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder Part A of diagnosis - Persistent deficits in
the social use of verbal AND nonverbal communication as manifested by: - Answers -1.
Deficits in using communication for social purposes in a manner that is appropriate for
the social context.
2. Impairment of the ability to change communication to match context or the needs of
the listener.
3. Difficulties following rules for conversation and storytelling.
4. Difficulties understanding what is not explicitly stated and non-literal or ambiguous
language.
SCD Part B of diagnosis - Answers -The deficits result in functional limitations in
effective communication, social participation, social relationships, academic
achievement, or occupational performance, individually or in combination.
SCD Part C of diagnosis - Answers -The onset of symptoms is in the early
developmental period (but deficits may not become fully manifest until social
communication demands exceed limited capacities).
SCD Part D of diagnosis - Answers -The symptoms are not attributable to another
medical or neurological condition or to low abilities in the domains or word structure and
grammar, and are not better explained by ASD, intellectual disability, global
developmental delay, or another mental disorder.
Additional criteria for diagnosing SCD - Answers --cannot co-occur with ASD
-can co-occur with other language disorders
-does NOT equal mild ASD
Symptom onset - 6 months - Answers --no CLEAR behavioral difference at this age
-passivity and decreased activity
-extreme distress reactions
-lack of attention to people
Infant siblings studies show... - Answers -autism symptoms present in some children by
12 months (on standardized cognitive/language measures, as well as more subtle
measures of affect and social reciprocity)
Retrospective parent report studies show... - Answers -delays in some skills (like
gesture use) may be more generally associated with developmental delay rather than
ASD, but may relate to later emergence of autism symptoms and/or loss of skills
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