Autism Spectrum Disorders are a group of developmental disabilities that cause significant challenges in which areas?

• A. Motor coordination
• B. Vision
• C. Hearing
• D. Social interaction, communication, and behavior

Answer: (D)

Autism is characterized by challenges in social interaction and communication, along with restricted and repetitive behaviors, interests, or activities. These areas capture how individuals with autism often have trouble with back-and-forth conversation, interpreting and responding to others’ cues, and forming or maintaining relationships. They may also show repetitive movements or insistence on sameness, which can make adapting to changes or new routines difficult. Because of this combination of social-communication difficulties and distinctive behavioral patterns, the areas most impacted are social interaction, communication, and behavior.

Motor coordination, vision, and hearing can vary or be affected in some individuals, but they are not the defining domains used to describe autism itself.