Comparison between diagnostic instruments for identifying high-functioning children with autism

• Published in: Journal of autism and developmental disorders Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 281 - 291
• Main Authors: Yirmiya, Nurit, Sigman, Marian, Freeman, Betty Jo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Springer 01.06.1994
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescents; Autism; Autism Behavior Checklist; Autism Diagnostic Interview; Autistic children; Autistic Disorder - diagnosis; Autistic Disorder - psychology; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child Development; Children; Comparison; Diagnostic Tests; Disability Identification; High functioning; Humans; Intelligence; Measures; Medical sciences; Mental Recall; Parents - psychology; Preschool Children; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales - standards; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales - statistics & numerical data; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychometrics; Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Reproducibility of Results; Retrospective Studies; Techniques and methods; Test Reliability; Test Validity; Wechsler Scales - statistics & numerical data; Human; Evaluation scale; Psychometrics; Developmental disorder; Psychosis; Autism; School age; Adolescent; Early; Intellectual ability; Diagnosis; Child; Comparative study
• ISSN: 0162-3257; 1573-3432
• DOI: 10.1007/BF02172227

Ratings on the Autism Behavior Checklist for 18 children (ages 9-16) with normal intelligence and infantile autism or infantile autism, residual state, revealed that all subjects met the cutoff score for autism or borderline autism on retrospective ratings, but 14 received current ratings below the cutoff. The Autism Diagnostic Interview ruled out the autism diagnosis for three subjects. (Author/JDD)