Please answer the following True and False questions and justify your answer (1 paragraph PER question) 1. Autism is more often diagnosed in boys than in girls? _____ 2. Autism can be caused by emotional deprivation. _____ 3. Autism is on the increase. _____ 4. Autism has the same rate of occurrence worldwide _____ 5. Autism can be detected before a child is 2 years old _____ 6. Autism runs in families ____ 7. There is a single gene for autism ____ 8. Autism can be caused by the MMR vaccine _____ 9. A person with autism can grow out of it _____ 10. People with autism all have below average intelligence _____ 11. People with autism always prefer being alone _____ 12. Adults with autism are not capable of working _____ 13. People with autism can’t feel emotions ____ 14. People with autism do not easily understand that other people are thinking _____ 15. All people with autism display deficits in communication _____
