How do ASD symptoms in social-communication patterns make transitioning to adulthood challenging for youths?
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary but may include the following challenges:
1. Difficulty making and keeping friends
2. Trouble understanding the feelings or perspectives of others
3. Not picking up on social cues or following accepted social conventions
4. Speaking in an overly formal manner
5. Having a monotonous sounding voice
6. Being unaware of how loudly or softly they are speaking
7. Inappropriate body language (i.e., standing too close to others when speaking)
8. Continuing to talk at length about a topic of high interest
9. Have difficulty taking the listener’s needs into account in a conversation
10. Interpreting others’ language in an overly literal way
11. Having problems with comprehension, or interpreting and following multistep directions and discussions
12. Not using the slang expressions commonly used by their classmates
13. Using a unique manner of speaking and using body language that might be misinterpreted by others as disinterest, frustration, or anger, causing others to avoid interacting with them
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