Types of Autism
Parts of the brain
Characteristics
100

Mental condition characterized by difficulty in communicating and forming relationships with people using language and abstract concepts

 What is Autistic Disorder?

100

General movement, perception, and behavioral reactions

What is the Cerebral cortex?

100
What body system does ASD affect?
What is the nervous system?
200

Not otherwise specified (Atypical Autism) A group of disorders characterized by delays in the development of socialization and communication skills


What is Pervasive Development Disorder?

200

Emotional responses and aggressive behavior

What is the Amygdala?

200
People who have ASD have difficulty with what?
What is communication or social interactions?
300

Developmental disorder characterized by higher than average intellectual ability coupled with impaired social skills and restrictive, repetitive patterns of interest and activities

What is Asperger Syndrome?

300

Regulates automatic movement

What is the Basal ganglia?

300
People affected by ASD usually have what kind of interests? 
What is Obsessive interests?
400

A rare condition characterized by late onset of developmental delays or severe and sudden reversals in language, social function, and motor skills


What is Childhood Disintegrative Disorder?

400

Remember new information and events

What is the Hippocampus?

400
People with ASD often have these kinds of behaviors?

What is Repetitive behaviors?

500

A rare disorder affecting the way the brain develops, causing a progressive inability to use muscles for eye and body movements and speech


What is Rett’s Disorder?

500

Controls essential functions such as breathing and heart rate

What is the Brain stem?

500
People with ASD often experience this with their body?

What is Delayed Motor Development?

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