Symptoms
Diversity Issues
Risk Factors
Theories of Etiology
Important Issues
100

Will only want to talk about their special interests

What is a lack of social reciprocity?

100

Which gender is has a higher prevalence of ASD?

Who are men?

100

A 37-90% predisposition to ASD due to familial genes

What is heritability?

100

The most widely accepted theory of the cause of ASD

What is a complex interaction of multiple genes?

100

Often seen as the etiology of ASD in some communities but has no scientific evidence to back it

What are vaccines?

200

A ritualized pattern or repetitive behavior (e.g. flapping of hands, rocking or pacing a perimeter)

What is Stimming?

200

They have more subtle social challenges, mask their difficulties better and have better reciprocal conversation

Who are women?

200
Prenatal exposure to drugs is a _____ risk factor
What is environmental?
200

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?

200

Two common co-occuring conditions that are treated with medication in individuals with ASD

What is anxiety and ADHD?

300

Compensation strategies and coping mechanisms to hide their difficulties of the stress and effort to maintain a socially acceptable façade

What is masking?

300

The cognitivist approach views ASD as this and not necessarily a disorder

What is a unique form of intelligence?

300

Three more common co-morbidities in persons with ASD

What are anxiety, depression, and ADHD?

300

Two conditions whose medicine increases risk of causing ASD if mothers take while pregnant 

What is epilepsy and depression?

300

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)?

400

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?

400

The global median prevalence of ASD is ___%

What is 0.62%

400

____% of cases of autism spectrum disorder appear to be associated with a known genetic mutation

What is 15%?

400

What is the concordance rate of ASD in fraternal twins

What is 0-10%?

400

The connection or role of the microbiome in neurodevelopmental disorders.

What is the Gut-Brian Axis?

500

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?

500

African American children, who have ASD, are more often misdiagnosed with this disorder

What is adjustment or conduct disorder

500

About 40% of persons with ASD have this many co-mobidities

What is two (2)?

500

This many genes have been potentially found to be linked to brain structure and function in ASD

What is about 1000 genes?

500
The age at which you can begin to notice an avoidance of gaze in children

What is 3 months?