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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Because of the fact that motion was difficult for Liane she was unable to ______ her babies.
(a) Play with.
(b) Bathe.
(c) Sway.
(d) Rock.

2. Liane outlines several strategies for letting people know including all of the following except _____.
(a) Carrying a sign on a street corner.
(b) Sending names of people you want to educate to organizations that provide newsletters.
(c) Keep AS reference materials in your home.
(d) Preparing a business card with AS information on it.

3. Liane's husband's name is _______. Like Liane, he also enjoys the feel and experience of university campuses.
(a) Richard.
(b) Mick.
(c) Mark.
(d) Tom.

4. Liane states that she does not want a cure for AS, rather for people to expand their definition of ______.
(a) Normal.
(b) People.
(c) Autism.
(d) Disability.

5. Liane also had difficulty dealing with ______, and they could become overwhelming to the point of causing her to vomit.
(a) Tastes.
(b) Odors.
(c) Lights.
(d) Sounds.

6. Liane states that one of the kindest things her husband said to her was, "You are so _____".
(a) Nice.
(b) Happy.
(c) Weird.
(d) Normal.

7. Liane stated that during her daughter's testing at the Child Development Unit, she and her husband both ______, her from acceptance and possibility.
(a) Sighed.
(b) Cried.
(c) Laughed.
(d) Shouted.

8. Liane lists several strategies for college students with AS to improve social skills including all of the following except _____.
(a) Finding or establishing a friendship group for those with AS.
(b) Classes in speech communications.
(c) Establishing a safe place on campus to regroup.
(d) Classes in neurobiology.

9. Liane's visual perception difficulties affect her in all of the following ways except ______.
(a) Judging distance.
(b) Picking up an object from a background.
(c) Discerning various colors.
(d) Seeing discrete differences among similar objects.

10. Liane lists several accommodation requests for people with AS once they are on the job including all of the following except _____.
(a) Ear plugs.
(b) Advance knowledge of a change in routine.
(c) Sunglasses.
(d) Ergonomic equipment.

11. Liane describes an incident at ______ in which her daughter requested to be covered up by things to avoid sensory overload.
(a) School.
(b) The movies.
(c) The grocery store.
(d) The mall.

12. In relating to other parents, Liane discovered that while their experiences were similar, other parents were not as _____ affected as she was.
(a) Emotionally.
(b) Parasitically.
(c) Clinically.
(d) Intellectually.

13. Liane developed several strategies for calming her babies that would not be too motion based including all of the following except _______.
(a) Sitting in the rocking chair.
(b) Swaying very slightly from side to side.
(c) Rocking them in a cradle.
(d) Walking the floors and bouncing.

14. Liane has learned to ______ people who challenge the reality of the AS experience as a means of protecting herself.
(a) Separate herself from.
(b) Yell at.
(c) Ignore.
(d) Beat up.

15. Liane lists several strategies for college students with AS to deal with geographic issues including all of the following except _____.
(a) Taking mental pictures of different areas of campus and paying attention to landmarks.
(b) Only scheduling classes in one building.
(c) Asking for special needs building, transportation, and parking compensations.
(d) Asking for elevator keys if you get disoriented with big crowds and lots of stairways.

Short Answer Questions

1. Liane suggests that AS people assign each member of the household a color to keep them organized for all of the following items except ______.

2. The stack of index cards that has to do with AS traits includes all of the following possibilities except _______.

3. Sometimes Liane's daughter uses a _______ to release nervous energy that has built up.

4. Liane describes _______ as a situation in which she is unable to let go of a particular train of thought.

5. Liane attempts to have her children conform to her ______ so that she can feel that she has some control.

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