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JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
Volume 39, Issue 9, Pages 1305-1320Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-009-0746-z
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Autism spectrum disorders; Diagnosis; ADOS; Infants; Toddlers
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The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS; Lord et al., J Autism Dev Disord, 30(3):205-223, 2000) is widely accepted as a gold standard diagnostic instrument, but it is of restricted utility with very young children. The purpose of the current project was to modify the ADOS for use in children under 30 months of age. A modified ADOS, the ADOS Toddler Module (or Module T), was used in 360 evaluations. Participants included 182 children with best estimate diagnoses of ASD, non-spectrum developmental delay or typical development. A final set of protocol and algorithm items was selected based on their ability to discriminate the diagnostic groups. The traditional algorithm cutoffs approach yielded high sensitivity and specificity, and a new range of concern approach was proposed.
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