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Commentary: Challenges and opportunities in autism assessment – a commentary on Kanne and Bishop (2020)
Author(s) -
MacLachlan Malcolm
Publication year - 2021
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/jcpp.13360
Subject(s) - autism , autism spectrum disorder , psychology , perspective (graphical) , argument (complex analysis) , psychological intervention , intervention (counseling) , quality (philosophy) , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , medicine , epistemology , computer science , philosophy , artificial intelligence
Kanne and Bishop’s (2020) Editorial Perspective ‘ The Autism waitlist crisis and remembering what families need’ offers a strong argument to provide greater access to high‐quality assessments for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). They note, correctly, that due to increasing numbers of referrals practitioners are under increasing pressure to provide quicker or abbreviated evaluations, that some cases are extremely complex and require considerable expertise to assess, and that a good assessment is a good investment in effective intervention. I agree with these points but also want to highlight some difficulties and dilemmas associated with the assessment of ASD; and to argue that improving access to assessments and interventions through the use of nonspecialists and new technologies may be a promising direction.