EDSP 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Autism Spectrum, Autism Speaks, Neurodevelopmental Disorder
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Idea definition: autism is a developmental disability affecting verbal and nonverbal communication and social interaction, generally evident before age 3, that adversely affects a child"s educational performance. A school can diagnose a child with autism without a doctor or psychiatrist. However, that only allows them to receive school services. If they want government help they need to get a medical diagnosis. Dsm definition: subsumes all 4 related disorders into a single diagnostic category, autism spectrum disorder with the following characteristics: Persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across text. Social situation difficulties attributed to deficits in theory of mind. Deficits in joint attention: communication and language deficits. Some children with autism do not speak. Echolalia is common among those who do talk. Echolalia: they echo everything that you say back to you. Concrete or literal processing of verbal information is common: repetitive, ritualistic, and unusual behavior patterns.
