Autism Definition
ASD stands for Autism _______________ Disorder.
A. severe
B. spectrum
B. spectrum
More children will be diagnosed with _____________ than diabetes, cancer, and AIDS combined.
A. Autism
B. Ticks
A. autism
True/False All autistic people are physicall disabled.
FALSE
People with Autism _______ in different ways (verbal vs. non-verbal, etc.)
A. Move
B. Communicate
B. communicate
This person invented animal-handling devices for cattle.
A. Tom Cruise
B. Temple Grandin
B. Temple Grandin
Autism impacts ______________ interactions with others.
A. social
B. friend
C. formal
A. social
__________ are four times more likely than girls to have autism.
A. Girls
B. Boys
Boys
True or False: Autism comes from bad parenting.
FALSE! It is unknown what causes autism.
People with autism might fixate on certain ________________.
A. Subjects/ topics
B. Animals
C. People
A. subjects or topics
This person founded Microsoft.
A. Bill Gates
B. Steve Jobs
A. Bill Gates
Autism impacts development of ______________ and communication skills.
A. Thinking
B. Moving
C. Language
C. language
Autism is the ____________ growing developmental disability in the U.S.
A. Slowest
B. Fastest
B. fastest
True or False: People with autism can feel emotions.
TRUE!
People with autism might have unusual reactions to certain ______________ stimuli (smell, taste, touch, look, sound).
A. Sensory
B. Food
C. Animal
A. sensory
This person was the 3rd president of the United States of America.
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. Thomas Jefferson
C. Bill Clinton
B. Thomas Jefferson
Autism Spectrum Disorder can result in restricted, __________ patterns of behavior, interests or activities.
A. Repetitive
B. Single
C. Bad
A. repetitive
Autism costs the nation 126 ________________ per year.
A. Hundred
B. Million
C. Billion
C. billion
True/False: Autism affects only children.
False: Adults have autism too.
People with autism might ____________ to help with sensory stimuli.
A. Sleep
B. Stim
C. Skip
B. stim
This physicist and mathematician came up with the theory of relativity.
A. Albert Einstein
B. Benjamin Franklin
C. Bill Nye
A. Albert Einstein
Autism is a _____________ behavioral condition.
A. Funny
B. Body
C. Neuro
C. neuro
Autism affects 1 in ______ children.
A. 10
B. 36
C. 100
B. 36
True or false: You cannot be successful if you autism.
False!
No ________ people with autism are the same.
two
This actor starred in "Ghostbusters" and was a cast member on "Saturday Night Live."
A. Hugh Jackman
B. Johnny Depp
C. Dan Aykroyd
C. Dan Aykroyd