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Chapter 6 autism spectrum disorder(ASD)- Child Onset Schizophrenia (COH)
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) - answer- Persistent deficits in social communication
and interaction.
Across multiple contexts including:
- Social reciprocity,
- Nonverbal communicative behaviors
- Developing, maintaining, and understanding relationships.
Presence of:
- Restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities.
Common among Pervasive Development Disorders - answer- Normal physical
appearance.
- Period of normal development.
- Early onset.
- Profound impairment.
- Impairments in social relations.
- Impairments in communication.
- Irrational - Random behaviour.
- Chronic course.
Core Characteristics: Social - answerIn General
- Lack of social interaction.
- Inability to understand and respond socially.
Specifically
- Make‐believe play.
- Social expressiveness.
- Orienting to social stimuli.
- Processing of emotional information.
- Faces & facial expressions.
- Joint social attention.
- Ability to see others as social agents.
- Impairments in Theory of Mind.
Core Characteristics: Communication - answer- Use of protodeclarative gestures.
- Use of expressive gestures.
- 50% fail to develop useful language.
, - Use of qualitatively appropriate forms of communication.
- Understanding language pragmatics.
Core Characteristics: Repetitive Behaviors - answer- Perseveration or abnormal
preoccupation
- Insistence of sameness & ritualistic behavior. Stereotyped & self‐stimulatory behavior.
- Rituals of sameness could be a way to control this; overwhelmed with sensory impute.
We can filter out distractions around us where ASD children cannot.
Associated Characteristics - answerIntellectual Deficits and Strengths:
- 70% intellectual impairment.
- Weaknesses in verbal IQ.
- 25% splinter skills.
- 5% savant abilities.
Sensory and Perceptual Impairments:
- Oversensitivities or undersensitivities.
- Sensory dominance.
- Stimulus overselectivity.
Older Terms - answer- Autistic Disirder (Autism)
- Asperger's Disorder
- Childhood Disintegrative Disorder
DSM 5- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) - answerDiagnostic Criteria:
A. Persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple
contexts ‐ currently or by history
1. Deficits in social‐emotional reciprocity, ranging, for example, from abnormal social
approach and failure of normal back‐and‐forth conversation; to reduced sharing of
interests, emotions, or affect; to failure to initiate or respond to social interactions.
2. Deficits in nonverbal communicative behaviors used for social interaction, ranging, for
example, from poorly integrated verbal and nonverbal communication; to abnormalities
in eye contact and body language or deficits in understanding and use of gestures; to a
total lack of facial expressions and nonverbal communication.
3. Deficits in developing, maintaining, and understanding relationships, ranging, for
example, from difficulties adjusting behavior to suit various social contexts; to difficulties
in sharing imaginative play or in making friends; to absence of interest in peers.
DSM 5- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) (Continued) - answerB. Restricted, repetitive
patterns of behavior, interests, or activities; 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, 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
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