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Follow‐Up of Two‐Year‐Olds Referred for Possible Autism
Author(s) -
Lord Catherine
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1995.tb01669.x
Subject(s) - autism , psychology , rating scale , developmental psychology , childhood autism rating scale , developmental disorder , psychometrics , el niño , clinical psychology , autism spectrum disorder , pediatrics , medicine
Thirty, 2‐year‐old children referred for possible autism were evaluated using a parent interview, a rating scale and psychometric tests and reassessed one year later. Clinical diagnosis was relatively stable across time; diagnosis using the formal measures changed significantly, particularly for younger and more developmentally delayed children. Several patterns contributed to the increasing differentiation of children with autism from age 2 to 3, including the development of clearly recognizable, repetitive behaviors in the autistic children and significant improvements in basic social skills in the children judged not to be autistic.