Describe how a child with ASD differs from typically developing ...

[evelyn o bentley]

Describe how a child with ASD differs from typically developing children in behavior.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

As Sheldon learns about obsessive-compulsive disorder, he is likely to learn that it ____.
 
  a. is an extremely rare disorder
  b. may be underdiagnosed
  c. is one of the most common anxiety disorders
  d. is most common among middle-aged married people

[Sammyo]

Answer to Question 1

 Social deficits
o Difficulty with peer relationships, particularly with reciprocity of relationships
o Do better when interacting with adults or older children
o Difficulty with emotional developmental and adaptation
 Communication deficits
o Delay in forms of speech with slower development in babbling and later onset (or lack) of intentional communication including pointing, imitation, and nonverbal communication
o Content of speech is different  echolalia, repetition of words or phrases
o Language used for instrumental purposes (to get something they want) rather than social purposes; one-sided conversations
 Repetitive behaviors and fixated interests
o Can also include stereotyped body movements such as rocking, hand-flapping, and twirling, which might be related to anxiety
o Fixated interests are usually to objects; interested in how things work rather than how people work
o Insistence on sameness
o Sensory differences  underreactivity or overreactivity
o Aggressive behaviors

Answer to Question 2

B