Symptoms
Will only want to talk about their special interests
What is a lack of social reciprocity?
Which gender is has a higher prevalence of ASD?
Who are men?
A 37-90% predisposition to ASD due to familial genes
What is heritability?
The most widely accepted theory of the cause of ASD
What is a complex interaction of multiple genes?
Often seen as the etiology of ASD in some communities but has no scientific evidence to back it
What are vaccines?
A ritualized pattern or repetitive behavior (e.g. flapping of hands, rocking or pacing a perimeter)
What is Stimming?
They have more subtle social challenges, mask their difficulties better and have better reciprocal conversation
Who are women?
A prenatal vitamin that puts children at a higher risk for ASD if the mother does not get enough of it during pregnancy
What is folic acid?
Two common co-occuring conditions that are treated with medication in individuals with ASD
What is anxiety and ADHD?
Compensation strategies and coping mechanisms to hide their difficulties of the stress and effort to maintain a socially acceptable façade
What is masking?
The cognitivist approach views ASD as this and not necessarily a disorder
What is a unique form of intelligence?
Three more common co-morbidities in persons with ASD
What are anxiety, depression, and ADHD?
Two conditions whose medicine increases risk of causing ASD if mothers take while pregnant
What is epilepsy and depression?
A treatment that focuses on modifying behavior that can be harmful by not honoring the individual’s preferences and autonomy
What is Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA)?
Extreme responses to specific sounds or textures, excessive smelling or touching of objects, fascination with lights or spinning objects
What is hypo- or hyper- reactivity?
The global median prevalence of ASD is ___%
What is 0.62%
____% of cases of autism spectrum disorder appear to be associated with a known genetic mutation
What is 15%?
What is the concordance rate of ASD in fraternal twins
What is 0-10%?
The connection or role of the microbiome in neurodevelopmental disorders.
What is the Gut-Brian Axis?
A lack of focus on two or more people on the same object, person, or action at the same time (e.g. failure to follow someone’s pointing or eye gaze)
What is lack of joint attention?
African American children, who have ASD, are more often misdiagnosed with this disorder
What is adjustment or conduct disorder
About 40% of persons with ASD have this many co-mobidities
What is two (2)?
This many genes have been potentially found to be linked to brain structure and function in ASD
What is about 1000 genes?
What is 3 months?