Authors: Lisa D Wiggins Brian Barger Eric Moody Gnakub Soke Juhi Pandey Susan Levy
Publish Date: 2017/03/06
Volume: , Issue: , Pages: 1-8
Abstract
The severity of autism spectrum disorder ASD is often measured by cooccurring conditions such as intellectual disability or language delay rather than deficits in social interaction and restricted interests and repetitive behaviors The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule calibrated severity score ADOS CSS was created to facilitate comparison of the diagnostic features of ASD independent of related conditions over time We examined the relationship between the ADOS CSS ADOS total score and clinician rated degree of impairment DOI in the Study to Explore Early Development Like others we confirmed that among the measures we evaluated the ADOS CSS was least influenced by developmental functioning and demographic factors and is therefore the best measure of core features of ASD in preschool childrenThis publication was supported by six cooperative agreements from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Cooperative Agreement Number U10DD000180 Colorado Department of Public Health Cooperative Agreement Number U10DD000181 Kaiser Foundation Research Institute CA Cooperative Agreement Number U10DD000182 University of Pennsylvania Cooperative Agreement Number U10DD000183 Johns Hopkins University Cooperative Agreement Number U10DD000184 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Cooperative Agreement Number U10DD000498 Michigan State University The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the CDC or HRSA
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