Describe how a child with ASD differs from typically developing children in behavior
What will be an ideal response?
• Social deficits
o Difficulty with peer relationships, particularly with reciprocity of relationships
o Do better when interacting with adults or older children
o Difficulty with emotional developmental and adaptation
• Communication deficits
o Delay in forms of speech with slower development in babbling and later onset (or lack) of intentional communication including pointing, imitation, and nonverbal communication
o Content of speech is different – echolalia, repetition of words or phrases
o Language used for instrumental purposes (to get something they want) rather than social purposes; one-sided conversations
• Repetitive behaviors and fixated interests
o Can also include stereotyped body movements such as rocking, hand-flapping, and twirling, which might be related to anxiety
o Fixated interests are usually to objects; interested in how things work rather than how people work
o Insistence on sameness
o Sensory differences – underreactivity or overreactivity
o Aggressive behaviors
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