Which of the following is a similarity between intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorders?
a. Both begin late in life.
b. Each leads to difficulties within a narrow range of life functioning.
c. Academic aptitude is impaired with both.
d. Both are initially a shock to parents.
Question 2
You are watching the film Rain Man and, based on your course work in abnormal psychology, you recognize that an appropriate diagnostic category for the character Raymond, portrayed by Dustin Hoffman, is
a. Rett's disorder.
b. fetal alcohol syndrome.
c. neurosis.
d. autism spectrum disorders.