AUTISM
BRAIN
ASD
ADHD
100
Areas autistic individuals have difficulties in
What is social interaction, communication skills & cognitive functioning?
100
The group of genes thought to play a role in LD's
What are the generalist genes?
100
The average number of children affected by autism
What is 1 in 88?
100
These are the three types of ADHD
What is inattentive, hyperactive, or combined?
200
When autism is usually diagnosed
What is 2-3 years old?
200
This theory is based on lateralization
What is left brain - right brain?
200
Disorders classified on the autism spectrum
What is Autism, Rett Syndrome, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder (CDD), Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (PDD), & Asperger's Syndrome?
200
This is the number of children diagnosed with ADHD
What is 3-5% or 2 million?
300
The average a family spends a year for an autistic child
What is $60,000?
300
This is the "storehouse" of words & sounds
What is the Wernicke's area?
300
Autism commonly misdiagnosed as
What is schizophrenia?
400
The etiologies of autism
What is biological, environmental, & neurological?
400
Transfers important information around the brain
What is white matter?
400
What the autism awareness ribbon stands for
What is mystery & complexity, diversity of individual & family, and hope?
500
Autism is more common than these three diseases combined
What is Cancer, Diabetes, & AIDS?
500
The creative side of the brain
What is right brain?
500
The three skills therapy is focused on
What is social, cognitive, and language?
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