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School-Aged Functioning of Children Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum Disorder Before Age Three: Parent-Reported Diagnostic, Adaptive, Medication, and School Placement Outcomes

Author Type(s)

Faculty

DOI

10.1007/s10803-013-1997-2

Journal Title

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

First Page

1357

Last Page

1372

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-1-2014

Department

Pediatrics

Keywords

Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Adult, Age of Onset, Child, Child Development Disorders, Pervasive, Child, Preschool, Early Diagnosis, Early Intervention, Educational, Female, Humans, Infant, Male, Parents, Schools, Social Adjustment, Surveys and Questionnaires, Treatment Outcome

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

Abstract

Eighty children with early autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnoses (under 36 months) were identified using a chart abstraction protocol applied to early intervention charts. Parents filled out questionnaires by mail when the children were school-aged (ages 6-16 years). Similar to previous studies, approximately 20% no longer had ASD diagnoses; the other participants were assigned to Moderate/Severe versus Mild ASD outcome groups. These three groups were compared across several variables, including diagnostic features and functional features including adaptive behavior, social experiences, medication use, and school placement. The findings expand our knowledge about outcomes in longitudinal studies of children with ASD, as well as provide support for using relatively indirect methods (chart review, parent questionnaire) to gather this type of information.

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