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The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) is a standardized diagnostic test for assessing autism spectrum disorder.The protocol consists of a series of structured and semi-structured tasks that involve social interaction between the examiner and the person under assessment.
American Descendants of Slavery (ADOS) is a term referring to descendants of enslaved Africans in the area that would become the United States (from its colonial period onward), and to the political movement of the same name. Both the term and the movement grew out of the hashtag #ADOS created by Yvette Carnell and Antonio Moore. [1]
The autism diagnostic observation schedule (ADOS), is a companion instrument by the same core authors. It is a semi-structured set of observations and is conducted in an office setting as a series of activities involving the referred individual and a psychologist or other trained and licensed examiner.
The ADOS is a semi-structured interactive evaluation of ASD symptoms that is used to measure social and communication abilities by eliciting several opportunities for spontaneous behaviors (e.g., eye contact) in standardized context.
ADOS may refer to: American Descendants of Slavery, a descriptive term and political movement; Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, a diagnostic test;
ADOS – Active Duty, Operational Support; ADSW – Active Duty, Special Work; AE – Armed Forces Europe; AEW&C – Airborne Early Warning And Control;
Catherine Lord (born 1950) [1] is an American psychologist and researcher. She currently serves as a member of the International Advisory Board for The Lancet Psychiatry, [2] as co-chair of the Scientific Research Council of the Child Mind Institute, [3] and as the George Tarjan Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Education at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA.
Autism, or autism spectrum disorder [a] (ASD), is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by repetitive, restricted, and inflexible patterns of behavior, interests, and activities; deficits in social communication and social interaction; and the presence of high or low sensory sensitivity.