An Awareness Quiz On Autism
Autism is a growing problem in the United States. It is a serious mental disorder that affects young people. Its good to have knowledge on it. Test your knowledge on autism with this quiz.
- 1.Autism, can be severely disabling for one child, while another, will show only very mild characteristics.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.Autism is characterised by limitations and restrictions on abilities which we tend to take for granted:- (Select Three)
- A.
The ability to cope with social interaction, including with making the correct and expected responses, and understanding the emotions and feelings of other people.
- B.
Lacking in empathy and social judgement.
- C.
The ability to develop, learn and use language and communication skills.
- D.
The ability to think, behave and react in a flexible way to any given situation.
- 3.The main three differences between an Autism Spectrum Disorder and Asperger’s syndrome can be described as:- (Select Three)
- A.
Language development differences.
- B.
Different learning abilities.
- C.
Different approaches to social interaction.
- D.
Differing severities of disability.
- 4.A child with Asperger’s syndrome may have a ________ vocabulary, but it is often delivered without differences in intonation – for example, all in a monotone, or very flat sounding – or at unusual speed.
- A.
Limited
- B.
Wide
- C.
Extended
- 5.A child with ASD may exhibit marked deficits in using a number of non-verbal behaviours like ______ contact, facial expressions, posture, and gestures to regulate social interaction.
- A.
Eye
- B.
Body
- C.
Learning
- 6.Non-verbal communication takes up around 30-40% of overall communication; body language, facial expressions, eye contact and gestures, and there is a lot to miss out on, if a person is unable to understand or reciprocate these.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.Many children with an ASD have ________ deficits and are easily distracted, and may respond much better to one-on-one learning.
- A.
Eye
- B.
Attention
- C.
Expression
- D.
Language
- 8.Group learning is a very popular method of teaching, because of the practice of taking classes with many others, but a child with ASD may not be impelled to do this unless they are particularly interested in the subject.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Echolalia is part of the way in which language develops in children, and it tends to begin at around the age of ______ months, and continues until they begin uttering their own original phrases and initiating conversations, usually around the age of 3.
- A.
Eighteen
- B.
Twelve
- C.
Ten
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Sample QuestionIt is understood that the characteristics of autism are caused by structural and functional abnormalities in the brain. This can be seen by comparing brain scans of children with autism to those of children without autism.
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Sample QuestionBehaviour can be described as challenging when it is of such an intensity, frequency or duration as to threaten the quality of life and/or the physical safety of the individual or others and is likely to lead to responses that are restrictive, or result in exclusion.
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