There are three levels of severity for autism spectrum disorder organized around social
communication and restricted, repetitive behaviors. List the levels of severity and provide
an example of the behaviors associated with each.
What will be an ideal response?
response:
? Requiring very substantial support:a
) Social communication – severe deficits can cause impairments in
functioning; very limited social interactions and minimal response to
others. For example: this is the child with few words of intelligible speech
who rarely initiates interaction.
b) Restricted, repetitive behaviors – inflexible behavior; extreme difficulty
coping with change or restricted/repetitive behaviors that interfere with
functioning. For example" this is the person who shows great distress/or
difficulty changing the focus of his (or her) actions.
? Requiring substantial support:a
) Social communication – deficits in verbal and nonverbal social
communication skills; social impairments that are apparent even with
supports in place; limited initiation of social interactions or reduced or abnormal responses to the overtures from others. For example: The
individual's interaction is limited to very narrow special interests, and
who shows odd nonverbal communication.
b) Restricted, repetitive behaviors - inflexible behavior; difficulty coping
with change or other restricted/repetitive behaviors that appear often
enough to be obvious to others and interferes with functioning. For
example, this is the individual who becomes distressed (or has difficulty
with) changing focus or his (or her) actions.
? Requiring support:a
) Social communication – without supports, deficits in social
communication become obvious causing noticeable impairments;
difficulty initiating social interactions – may seem to have a decreased
interest in social interactions. For example: This is the individual who can
engage in a social conversation, but the back and forth in the
conversation fails; another example would be the person who tries to
make friends, seems "odd" and is typically unsuccessful in his (or her)
efforts to make friends.
b) Restricted, repetitive behaviors – inflexible behavior causes interference
with functioning; difficult to switch between activities. For example: this
is the individual who has difficulty organizing and planning that hampers
independence.
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