Journal article
Bias in measurement of autism symptoms by spoken language level and non-verbal mental age in minimally verbal children with neurodevelopmental disorders
Abstract
Increasing numbers of children with known genetic conditions and/or intellectual disability are referred for evaluation of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), highlighting the need to refine autism symptom measures to facilitate differential diagnoses in children with cognitive and language impairments. Previous studies have reported decreased specificity of ASD screening and diagnostic measures in children with intellectual disability. However, …
Authors
Zheng S; Kaat A; Farmer C; Thurm A; Burrows CA; Kanne S; Georgiades S; Esler A; Lord C; Takahashi N
Journal
Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 13, ,
Publisher
Frontiers
DOI
10.3389/fpsyg.2022.927847
ISSN
1664-1078