Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) When you hear the phrase autism spectrum disorder what is the first thing that comes to your mind? According to Chevallier et al. (2014) “autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are characterized by marked impairments in socialization and, in particular, by a lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests, or achievements with other people, and a lack of social or emotional reciprocity” (p.972). By better understanding autism spectrum disorder (ASD), we might be able to explain the performance gap between children with ASD and children without ASD in the theory of mind (ToM) task. Theory of mind (ToM) task assesses the ability to attribute mental states like beliefs, intents, desires, pretending, knowledge,
