ASD EXAM FINAL PAPER COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ PL 101-476 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, FAPE, IEP
Renamed IDEA, 1st person language.
Answer: 1990
◉ A new category specific to autism.
Answer: 1991
◉ Dr. Andrew Wakefield.
Answer: Published a study in Lancet linking thimerosal, a
preservative containing mercury, in the MMR vaccine to autism.
The study only included 12 subjects.
The British Medicine Journal determined that the research is clearly
fraudulent, but it caused an uproar.
◉ Controversial vaccine ingredients suspected of causing autism.
Answer: mercury
,thermosal
aluminum
◉ 1 in ____ children are diagnosed with autism.
Answer: 68
◉ Parents who have one child with autism have a ______ rate of
having another child with autism..
Answer: higher
◉ ASD is reported to occur in all.
Answer: racial
ethnic
socioeconomic groups
◉ ASD is almost 5 times more common in _______ than ______.
Answer: Males than females
1 in 42 vs 1 in 189
◉ What does assessment involve.
Answer: case history- medical, education, family information
hearing screening
, norm-referenced and criterion referenced testing
ELS
family/caregiver/patient survey
must be comprehensive
must be culturally sensitive, functional, and sensitive to the wide
range of acceptable social norms that exist within and across
communities
◉ Who is involved in the asessment.
Answer: families and caregivers
special educators
classroom teachers
psychologists
psychiatrists
audiologist
OT
PT
SLP
◉ Specifically what does the SLP assess?.
Answer: receptive and expressive language
voice/fluency/articulation
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ PL 101-476 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, FAPE, IEP
Renamed IDEA, 1st person language.
Answer: 1990
◉ A new category specific to autism.
Answer: 1991
◉ Dr. Andrew Wakefield.
Answer: Published a study in Lancet linking thimerosal, a
preservative containing mercury, in the MMR vaccine to autism.
The study only included 12 subjects.
The British Medicine Journal determined that the research is clearly
fraudulent, but it caused an uproar.
◉ Controversial vaccine ingredients suspected of causing autism.
Answer: mercury
,thermosal
aluminum
◉ 1 in ____ children are diagnosed with autism.
Answer: 68
◉ Parents who have one child with autism have a ______ rate of
having another child with autism..
Answer: higher
◉ ASD is reported to occur in all.
Answer: racial
ethnic
socioeconomic groups
◉ ASD is almost 5 times more common in _______ than ______.
Answer: Males than females
1 in 42 vs 1 in 189
◉ What does assessment involve.
Answer: case history- medical, education, family information
hearing screening
, norm-referenced and criterion referenced testing
ELS
family/caregiver/patient survey
must be comprehensive
must be culturally sensitive, functional, and sensitive to the wide
range of acceptable social norms that exist within and across
communities
◉ Who is involved in the asessment.
Answer: families and caregivers
special educators
classroom teachers
psychologists
psychiatrists
audiologist
OT
PT
SLP
◉ Specifically what does the SLP assess?.
Answer: receptive and expressive language
voice/fluency/articulation
