Australia’s new autism diagnosis guidelines may miss the mark
The presumption of the new report is that standardizing the method of diagnosis will address the problem of diagnostic uncertainty, but is it asking the right question?
Diagnosing autism is an evolving science but a crucial first step to understanding the disorder.
The presumption of the new report is that standardizing the method of diagnosis will address the problem of diagnostic uncertainty, but is it asking the right question?
Some of the items on a common diagnostic test for autism do not translate well to African cultures.
Only about 0.1 percent of children in the Western Cape province of South Africa have autism, according to a review of school records.
Children with social communication disorder have the same features as children with autism; they just have fewer of the features.
Studies of infants at risk for autism have not yielded a test to predict who will eventually be diagnosed. But they have transformed our understanding of the condition.
A widely used test for diagnosing autism may miss children whose parents are not concerned that their child may have the condition.
The loss of abilities that besets some toddlers with autism is probably less sudden and more common than anyone thought.
Roughly 23 of every 10,000 children in India have autism, according to the country’s first rigorous estimate of autism prevalence.
Autism and schizophrenia share a long and tangled history. Comparing the social features of the two conditions could lead to better treatments and a deeper understanding of each.
The odds of getting an autism diagnosis depend on where in the United States a person lives.