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Autism diagnosis stability starts before age 3, making early treatment feasible
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7567
pISSN - 1527-8395
DOI - 10.1002/cpu.30416
Subject(s) - autism , autism spectrum disorder , psychology , test (biology) , diagnostic test , developmental psychology , pediatrics , clinical psychology , medicine , paleontology , biology
Researchers have found that an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis is stable starting as early as 14 months, and overall is more stable than other diagnostic categories, including language or developmental delay. This finding makes it possible to test whether treatment at a very early age has an impact.