Autism Awareness

This color represents autism awareness

• blue

• green

• yellow

• red

Boys are _ times more likely to be diagnosed with autism than girls

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 0

Approximately 1 in _ children in the US are diagnosed with autism

• 44

• 52

• 60

• 76

Many children with autism experience echolalia- which means

• hearing problems

• repeating words/phrases

• nonverbal

• speaking quickly

The creator of this popular video game has autism

• Minecraft

• Fortnite

• Pokemon

• Roblox

Autism is called a spectrum disorder because

• it is very common

• symptoms are very different in each person

• most children have the same symptoms

• most children have symptoms at birth

Puzzle pieces represent

• complexity of autism

• the unknown

• need for awareness

• unanswered questions

the word autism comes from the greek "autos" meaning

• self

• alone

• withdrawn

• away

People with autism often have problems with the following

• speech

• social interactions

• eye contact

• all of the above

Which of the following was believed to be on the autism spectrum (choose 2)

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• Albert Einstein

• The Wright Brothers

• Abe Lincoln