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The summary specificity was 0.80 (95% CI 0.68 to 0.88), with specificity in individual studies ranging from 0.20 to 1.00. The studies were evaluated for bias using the QUADAS-2 framework; of the 12 included studies, 8 were evaluated as having a high risk of bias, while for the remaining four there was insufficient information available for the ...
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 Ritvo Autism & Asperger Diagnostic Scale (RAADS) is a psychological self-rating scale developed by Riva Ariella Ritvo (NPI UCLA and CSC Yale). An abridged and translated 14 question version was then developed at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience at the Karolinska Institute, to aid in the identification of patients who may have undiagnosed ASD.
Domus Instituto de Autismo was established in Mexico in May 1980 by parents of children with autism. [400] Autism-Europe began in 1983, co-ordinating autism organisations across Europe. In Brazil, Associação de Amigos do Autista (AMA, Association of Friends of the Autistic) was founded in 1983. Within a year of this, they were running a school.
Autismo in Puerto Rico affect 1 of each 91 babies in 2011 compared to 1 in every 150 babies in 2008 when the center was established and compared to 1 of every 2,500 babies in 1998. [28] [29] Services include evaluation and diagnosis, intervention, therapy, counseling to individuals and families and training to professionals, among others. [30]
Useful for diagnosing autism, planning treatment, and distinguishing autism from other developmental disorders. The interview covers the referred individual's full developmental history, is usually conducted in an office, home or other quiet setting by a psychologist, and generally takes one to two hours.
Doctors are looking for creative ways to solve an eye problem that is becoming more common among children and teens. Myopia, the medical term for nearsightedness, is a vision condition where close ...
An estimated 60–80% of autistic people have motor signs that include poor muscle tone, poor motor planning, and toe walking; [151] [156] deficits in motor coordination are pervasive across ASD and are greater in autism proper. [157] [158] Pathological demand avoidance can occur. People with this set of autistic symptoms are more likely to ...