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- Title
Stability of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young Children with Diverse Backgrounds.
- Authors
Giserman-Kiss, Ivy; Carter, Alice S.
- Abstract
Determining diagnostic stability of ASD, as well stability of functioning in early childhood, is relevant to prevalence, best practices for communicating early ASD diagnoses to caregivers, families' experiences, and developmental trajectories. Generalizability of findings from prior research has been limited by small and homogenous samples, short follow-up time intervals, and inconsistent diagnostic procedures. This report presents follow-up evaluations of 60 children (86.7% male, mean age: 51.3 months) with diverse backgrounds (79.7% racial/ethnic minorities) who received initial ASD diagnoses before 36 months of age (mean age: 27 months). Fifty-three children (88.3%) met diagnostic criteria for ASD at follow-up, a proportion consistent with previous studies. On average, children demonstrated significant cognitive gains and ASD symptom improvement. Clinical implications of findings are discussed.
- Subjects
AGE distribution; AUTISM; COGNITION; ETHNIC groups; LONGITUDINAL method; MINORITIES; EARLY intervention (Education); SOCIOECONOMIC factors; EARLY diagnosis; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHILDREN
- Publication
Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 2020, Vol 50, Issue 9, p3263
- ISSN
0162-3257
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10803-019-04138-2