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Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised: a revised version of a diagnostic interview for caregivers of individuals with possible pervasive developmental disorders
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The revised interview has been reorganized, shortened, modified to be appropriate for children with mental ages from about 18 months into adulthood and linked to ICD-10 and DSM-IV criteria.Abstract:
Describes the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R), a revision of the Autism Diagnostic Interview, a semistructured, investigator-based interview for caregivers of children and adults for whom autism or pervasive developmental disorders is a possible diagnosis. The revised interview has been reorganized, shortened, modified to be appropriate for children with mental ages from about 18 months into adulthood and linked to ICD-10 and DSM-IV criteria. Psychometric data are presented for a sample of preschool children.read more
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The autism diagnostic observation schedule-generic: a standard measure of social and communication deficits associated with the spectrum of autism.
Catherine Lord,Susan Risi,Linda Lambrecht,Edwin H. Cook,Bennett L. Leventhal,Pamela C. DiLavore,Andrew Pickles,Michael Rutter +7 more
TL;DR: Algorithm sensitivities and specificities for autism and PD DNOS relative to nonspectrum disorders were excellent, with moderate differentiation of autism from PDDNOS.
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The autism-spectrum quotient (AQ): evidence from Asperger syndrome/high-functioning autism, males and females, scientists and mathematicians.
TL;DR: The Autism-Spectrum Quotient is a valuable instrument for rapidly quantifying where any given individual is situated on the continuum from autism to normality, and its potential for screening for autism spectrum conditions in adults of normal intelligence remains to be fully explored.
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Psychiatric disorders in children with autism spectrum disorders: Prevalence, comorbidity, and associated factors in a population-derived sample
TL;DR: Psychiatric disorders are common and frequently multiple in children with autism spectrum disorders and should be routinely evaluated in the clinical assessment of this group.
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Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule
Catherine Lord,Michael Rutter,Susan Goode,Jacquelyn Heemsbergen,Heather Jordan,Lynn Mawhood,Eric Schopler +6 more
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Prevalence of disorders of the autism spectrum in a population cohort of children in South Thames: the Special Needs and Autism Project (SNAP).
Gillian Baird,Emily Simonoff,Andrew Pickles,Susie Chandler,Tom Loucas,David Meldrum,Tony Charman +6 more
TL;DR: Prevalence of autism and related ASDs is substantially greater than previously recognised and services in health, education, and social care will need to recognise the needs of children with some form of ASD, who constitute 1% of the child population.
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Does the autistic child have a theory of mind
TL;DR: A new model of metarepresentational development is used to predict a cognitive deficit which could explain a crucial component of the social impairment in childhood autism.
Does the Autistic Child Have a''Theory of Mind''? Cognition
TL;DR: In this paper, a new model of metarepresentational development was used to predict a cognitive deficit in children with autism, which could explain a crucial component of the social impairment in childhood autism.