ASD Midterm Exam Final Questions and Answers 2024

DSM V Criteria for ASD - CORRECT ANSWER--Persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts -Restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities How many social symptoms must an individual manifest to qualify in ASD? - CORRECT ANSWER-3, currently or by history How many repetitive behaviors/restricted interests must an individual manifest to qualify in ASD? - CORRECT ANSWER-2, currently or by history ASD Part A of diagnosis - Persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts, as manifested by the following: - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Deficits in social-emotional reciprocity. 2. Deficits in communicative behaviors used for social interaction (non-verbal behaviors). 3. Deficits in developing, maintaining, and understanding relationships. ASD Part B of diagnosis - Restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities as manifest by at least two of the following: - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Stereotyped or repetitive motor movements, use of objects, or speech. 2. Insistence on sameness, inflexible adherence to routines, or ritualized patterns of verbal or nonverbal behavior. 3. Highly restricted, fixated interests that are abnormal in intensity or focus. 4. Hyper- or hypo-reactivity to sensory input or unusual interest in sensory aspects of the environment. ASD Part C of diagnosis - CORRECT ANSWER-Symptoms must be present in the early developmental period (but may not become fully manifest until social demands exceed limited capacities, or may be masked by learned strategies in later life). ASD Part D of diagnosis - CORRECT ANSWER-Symptoms cause clinically significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of current functioning. ASD Part E of diagnosis - CORRECT ANSWER-Disturbances are not better explained by intellectual disability. Additional specifiers after ASD is determined: - CORRECT ANSWER--with or without accompanying intellectual disability -with or without accompanying language impairment -associated with a known medical or genetic condition or environmental factor -associated with another neuro-developmental, mental, or behavioral disorder Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder Part A of diagnosis - Persistent deficits in the social use of verbal AND nonverbal communication as manifested