Screening for ASD in adults with ID-moving toward a standard using the DiBAS-R and the ACL

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 512-522

  Mutsaerts, C G ^a   Heinrich, M ^b   Sterkenburg, P S ^a,c   Sappok, Tanja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Königin Elisabeth Herzberge Hospital   (Germany)

^c Bartiméus ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autism Checklist (ACL); Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD); Diagnostic Behavioral Assessment for ASD Revised (DiBAS R); Diagnostic validity; Intellectual Developmental Disability (IDD); Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM CHECKLIST; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT FOR ASD REVISED; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY; DEVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964510451     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jir.12290     Document Type: Article

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