An identical twin of a child with autism has a 60% to 90% chance of also being affected. What does this mean?
Autism is caused by genetic factors.
B. Autism is caused by environmental factors.
C. Autism arises from a combination of genetic vulnerabilities and environmental triggers.
D. None of the above.
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Who was the first doctor to diagnose autism about 60 years ago?
A. Marilyn Chadwick.
B. Leo Kanner.
C. Thomas Insel.
D. Isaac Pessah.
Children with ASD act in ways that seem unusual in their patterns of behavior, including _____.
A. repetitive behaviors like hand-flapping, rocking, jumping, or twirling
B. specific routines or rituals (and getting upset when a routine is changed, even slightly)
C. extreme sensitivity to touch, light, and sound
D. all of the above
What is the meaning of the word “speciesism” ?
A. Dismissing animals’ experiences of pain or sufferings as morally irrelevant, without providing a principled reason for such differential treatment amounts to a form of “speciesism.”
B. Like racism or sexism, speciesism is intended to evoke the idea that it is morally indefensible to treat members of an entire category differently solely because they are members of that category.
C. The use of animals in medical research is morally indefensible if there is not enough substantive criteria.
D. All of the above.
I am prepared to make some concession on minor details, but I cannot _____ on fundamentals.
A. concede
B. yield
C. compromise
D. compose