Pre-linguistic autism diagnostic observation schedule adapted for older individuals with severe to profound mental retardation: A pilot study

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 821-829

  Berument, Sibel Kazak ^a   Starr, Elizabeth ^b   Pickles, Andrew ^c   Tomlins, Megan ^d   Papanikolauou, Katerina ^e   Lord, Catherine ^f   Rutter, Michael ^g  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d Child Health and Development Service   (Australia)

^e AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Diagnosis; Mental retardation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CODING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PILOT STUDY; PLAY; PRE LINGUISTIC AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; HOSPITALIZATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33645949077     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-005-0027-4     Document Type: Article

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