Identification and Evaluation of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders
By Christopher P. Johnson, S. Myers. Pediatrics, 2007
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Autism spectrum disorders are not rare; many primary care pediatricians care for several children with autism spectrum disorders. Pediatricians play an important role in early recognition of autism spectrum disorders, because they usually are the first point of contact for parents. Parents are now much more aware of the early signs of autism spectrum disorders because of frequent coverage in the media; if their child demonstrates any of the published signs, they will most likely raise their concerns to their child's pediatrician. It is important that pediatricians be able to recognize the signs and symptoms of autism spectrum disorders and have a strategy for assessing them systematically. Pediatricians also must be aware of local resources that can assist in making a definitive diagnosis of, and in managing, autism spectrum disorders. The pediatrician must be familiar with developmental, educational, and community resources as well as medical subspecialty clinics. This clinical report is 1 of 2 documents that replace the original American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement and technical report published in 2001. This report addresses background information, including definition, history, epidemiology, diagnostic criteria, early signs, neuropathologic aspects, and etiologic possibilities in autism spectrum disorders. In addition, this report provides an algorithm to help the pediatrician develop a strategy for early identification of children with autism spectrum disorders. The accompanying clinical report addresses the management of children with autism spectrum disorders and follows this report on page 1162 [available at www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/120/5/1162]. Both clinical reports are complemented by the toolkit titled “Autism: Caring for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Resource Toolkit for Clinicians,” which contains screening and surveillance tools, practical forms, tables, and parent handouts to assist the pediatrician in the identification, evaluation, and management of autism spectrum disorders in children.
Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Genetics
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- Reduced Incidence of Prevotella and Other Fermenters in Intestinal Microflora of Autistic Children (2013, background): “The ratio of boys to girls with autism is found to be very high up to 6.5-to-1 (Johnson and Myers 2007), and similarly, we also ended up recruiting a small number of girls with autism.”
- Application of Graph Theory for Identifying Connectivity Patterns in Human Brain Networks: A Systematic Review (2019, background): “The increasing prevalence of ASD over the last decade has underlined the need for medical assessment to identify the symptoms and signs of this disorder (Johnson and Myers, 2007).”
- Why Robots? A Survey on the Roles and Benefits of Social Robots in the Therapy of Children with Autism (2013, background): “ the three impairments. The diagnosis and assessment of ASD involves a multi-disciplinary team of specialists and clinicians, and the use of specialised clinical interviews and observation techniques [7]. Currently, no single root cause of these impairments has been identified. Some researchers [13]”
- Motor Coordination in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Synthesis and Meta-Analysis (2010, background): “Early views stressed that children with ASD may have similar motor development (Hallett et al. 1993; Mayes and Calhoun 2003) or perhaps even more advanced motor skills than their peers (Johnson and Myers 2007; Rimland 1964).”