Awareness of Autism in Primary School Teachers

Table 1

Percentage of correct responses according to the type of institution.

	Private		Nonprivate		𝑃 value
	𝑛	%	𝑛	%
Autism is an inherited disorder	19	22	24	28	.585
Autism is a learning and mental disorder	41	48	39	46	.954
Signs of Autism show between 0 and 3 years	30	35.3	35	41.2	.104
An autistic child is not social	47	55	57	67	.255
An autistic child has poor communication skills and cannot express himself	45	53	64	75.3	.002
Verbally, an autistic child will have a hard time phrasing a sentence	32	38	51	60	.012
Nonverbally, an autistic child does repetitive gestures to express himself	34	40	26	31	.512
The attention span of an autistic child is deficient	59	69	58	68	.443
General interests of an autistic child are restricted	37	44	43	51	.401
An autistic child maintains minimal eye contact with others	58	68	69	81	.112
General eating habits of an autistic child are normal	22	26	22	26	.081
An autistic child is resistant to change	42	49	53	62	.366
An autistic child throws frequent bouts of anger	45	53	28	33	.002