What is a key indicator of the outcome for autistic children?
a) lack of self-stimulation
b) fairly good language skills
c) lack of facial abnormalities
d) normal motor development
Question 2Problems with social use of language, motor clumsiness, and speech that is stilted and repetitive are symptoms of:
a) autistic disorder
b) Asperger's disorder
c) Rett's disorder
d) childhood disintegrative disorder
Question 3Which of the following fits the typical pattern on an intelligence test administered to someone with Asperger's disorder?
a) an average IQ score with significantly higher performance scores
than verbal scores
b) a below average IQ score with much higher verbal scores than
performance scores
c) an average IQ score with significantly higher verbal scores than
performance scores
d) a below average IQ score with much higher scores on the
performance tests than verbal tests
Question 4Which of the following disorders is extremely rare; occurring only once in every million births?
a) Rett's disorder
b) childhood disintegrative disorder
c) Asperger's disorder
d) None of the above.
Question 5For the first five months of life, Jessica seemed to be developing normally. Then, her head gradually began to stop growing; a pediatrician described her condition as microcephaly.
She demonstrated impaired language development,
poor coordination, and a loss of social interactions. What is the most likely diagnosis?
a) Rett's disorder
b) autistic disorder
c) childhood schizophrenia
d) childhood disintegrative disorder
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