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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 315951" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>One more I thought of for you: there was an interesting study done in 1994 that has been getting a lot of follow-up attention in the literature recently. Researchers did a study with small groups of children with Autism and those without an Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) diagnosis in which they examined videos of their first birthday parties to see if the children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) were identifiable by age one. By using a specific set of behavioral markers (gaze, social interaction, etc) the specialist was able to identify the children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) with high reliability.</p><p></p><p>It's interesting--obviously much more could be done with earlier identification but there's still such a huge gap between what COULD be done, what parents observe, and pediatrician's responsiveness to parental concerns. I've seen the average age range for Autism diagnosis is 3.1 years, for Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified 3.9 (but the number 5.5 often shows up with that) and age 11 for Asperger's Syndrome. Yet most of the time parents are reporting concerns to their pediatricians before their children's second birthday. A study in 2000 showed that half the time parents reported their doctors hadn't responded to concerns and it was other parents, teachers, etc. who pointed them in the direction of getting help.</p><p></p><p>Clearly there is still work to be done in this area!</p><p></p><p>Hug the little darlin's for me, will you? I saw the photos on WC--sure are cuties!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 315951, member: 701"] One more I thought of for you: there was an interesting study done in 1994 that has been getting a lot of follow-up attention in the literature recently. Researchers did a study with small groups of children with Autism and those without an Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) diagnosis in which they examined videos of their first birthday parties to see if the children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) were identifiable by age one. By using a specific set of behavioral markers (gaze, social interaction, etc) the specialist was able to identify the children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) with high reliability. It's interesting--obviously much more could be done with earlier identification but there's still such a huge gap between what COULD be done, what parents observe, and pediatrician's responsiveness to parental concerns. I've seen the average age range for Autism diagnosis is 3.1 years, for Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified 3.9 (but the number 5.5 often shows up with that) and age 11 for Asperger's Syndrome. Yet most of the time parents are reporting concerns to their pediatricians before their children's second birthday. A study in 2000 showed that half the time parents reported their doctors hadn't responded to concerns and it was other parents, teachers, etc. who pointed them in the direction of getting help. Clearly there is still work to be done in this area! Hug the little darlin's for me, will you? I saw the photos on WC--sure are cuties!:happy: [/QUOTE]
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