Radio exhibits qualitative impairment in social interactions manifested by lack of non-verbal behaviors. failure to develop peer relationships,and lack of of social or emotional reciprocity. For instance,Radio consistently displays little or no eye contact ,his body and facial expressions are rigid,and he uses few gestures. additionally,radio has an obvios impairment in commucation as its charateristic of typical speech patterns more over,his vocabulary is limited,and he rarely initiates a conversation with others. lso radio constructs sentences in witch he refers himself in third person or by his first name. commonly ,Radio repeats phrases or ulterances of other when excited.
He also is unable to read the iunch menu aloud over the intercom to the school. When announcing the iunch menu,he is simply repeating someone else. Radio displays concurrent deficits and impairments in adaptive functioning. he cannot live alone safely ,his commucation skills are poor,and he has little self direction. For example ,when his mother is working he calls cosch JONES ‘ home in order for someone to select his clothes.
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However the flim does not give a definite IQ score for Radio . ince Radio cannot be sucessfully tested by standardized intelligence test,a diagnosis of mental retardtion,seretity unspecified would be needed. since the flim is merely a glimpse into the life of Radio,the audience cannot be sure if his delay and abnormal functioning had an onset prior to the age of three for a diagnosis of Autistic Disorder and age eighteen for a diagnosis of mental retardation as required by the DSM-IV. When coach JONES inquired Radio mother,she does not indicate any change in his functioning through out his life,however nither does she give a clear indiciation of age onset.
