Abstract
Recent advances in clinical research have made it possible to diagnosis autism spectrum disorders (ASD) as early as the second
year of life. The diagnostic process early in development is often complex, and thus, familiarity with the most recent findings
in clinical assessment instruments, early symptoms, and developmental trajectories of young children with autism is essential.
This paper provides an empirically based practitioner’s guide to issues and concerns related to early diagnosis of ASD in
very young children, documentation of the course and patterns of ASD symptomatology in infants and toddlers, and current understanding
in the field of diagnostic outcomes of children identified in the first and second year of life.
year of life. The diagnostic process early in development is often complex, and thus, familiarity with the most recent findings
in clinical assessment instruments, early symptoms, and developmental trajectories of young children with autism is essential.
This paper provides an empirically based practitioner’s guide to issues and concerns related to early diagnosis of ASD in
very young children, documentation of the course and patterns of ASD symptomatology in infants and toddlers, and current understanding
in the field of diagnostic outcomes of children identified in the first and second year of life.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category Original Paper
- Pages 1-14
- DOI 10.1007/s10803-011-1376-9
- Authors
- Amanda Mossman Steiner, Yale Child Study Center, 40 Temple Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
- Tina R. Goldsmith, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
- Anne V. Snow, Yale Child Study Center, 40 Temple Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
- Katarzyna Chawarska, Yale Child Study Center, 40 Temple Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
- Journal Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
- Online ISSN 1573-3432
- Print ISSN 0162-3257