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| autism spectrum disorder basic features |
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Definition
-biologically based disorder
-social communication deficits
-restricted and repetitive behaviors and interests |
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Term
-1943
-1944
-1950's and early 1960's
-1970's |
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Definition
-Autism identified by Kanner
-Aspergers identified
-refrigerator paretns by Bettelheim
-renewed interest in autism as neurlogical condition |
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Term
| pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified |
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Definition
| -lots of symptoms for Autism and Asbergers -show areas of impairment -don't have full spectrum of symptoms |
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Term
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Definition
-problem with development of gray matter in brain
-significant impairment
-nonverbal for life
-more common in females |
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Term
| childhood disintegrative disorder |
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Definition
-very rare
-normal or slighly delayed development of first few years of life
-3 to 10 years old, person regresses to early stages of functioning
-hallucinations
-delusions |
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Term
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Definition
-at least 6 over deficits in following areas
-social interaction
-communication
-restricted and repetetive interest |
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Term
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Definition
-no cognitive delay
-no language delay
-social use of language impaired
-importance of clinically significant impairment |
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Term
| common behavior with autism |
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Definition
-hyperactivity and attention problems
-sensory hypersensititivy
-sleep abnormalities
-no sense of danger
-bizarre fears
-tantrums and/or agression
-self-injurious behavior |
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Term
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Definition
-communication deficits
-alloffness: lack of interest in social interactions
-rigidity: cognitive or behavioral |
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Term
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Definition
-psychopharmacological
-therapy
-treatment without evidence |
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Term
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Definition
-1/3 have some adult independence
-high functioning adults continue to have some difficulty |
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