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The Autism Treatment Evaluation Scale (ATEC) is a 77-item diagnostic assessment tool that was developed by Bernard Rimland and Stephen Edelson at the Autism Research Institute.
The original director was Judith Martínez de Vaillard, who also had an autistic son. [5] [6] In 1994, Domus created the first educational integration program in Mexico titled "El alumno con TEA integrado en el aula regular con un Asesor de Integración". In 1997 they created a Special Employment Center, which consisted of a laundry.
The autism-spectrum quotient (AQ) is a questionnaire published in 2001 by Simon Baron-Cohen and his colleagues at the Autism Research Centre in Cambridge, UK.Consisting of fifty questions, it aims to investigate whether adults of average intelligence (defined as an IQ of 80 or higher by the questionnaire) have symptoms of autism spectrum conditions. [1]
The term "high-functioning autism" was used in a manner similar to Asperger syndrome, another outdated classification.The defining characteristic recognized by psychologists was a significant delay in the development of early speech and language skills, before the age of three years. [12]
The history of The Centro Ponceño de Autismo dates to 2006 when the parent organization of the Centro Ponceño de Autismo, Corporación para el Desarrollo del Centro Ponceño de Autismo, was founded on March 15 of that year [21] with the intention of forming a center for autism evaluation and treatment in the city of Ponce. [22]
Revista Autismo ("Autism Magazine" in English) [1] is a Brazilian magazine, free, pressed and digital, created in 2010, made by volunteering parents of children with autism. It is the first magazine about autism in Latin America [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and the first in the world on this syndrome.
Rimland was a founder of the Autism Society of America in 1965, but left to create the Autism Research Institute in 1967. [10] He later promoted several theories, which have since been disproven, about the causes and treatment of autism, including vaccine denial , facilitated communication , chelation therapy , and false claims of a link ...
CFEI-FM (106.5 MHz) is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, serving the eastern suburbs of Montréal. Owned and operated by Bell Media , it broadcasts with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 3,000 watts ( class A ) using an omnidirectional antenna .