Diagnostic Assessment in a Sample of Autistic and Developmentally Impaired Adolescents.

Fombonne, Eric

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ERIC Number: EJ459475

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Publication Date: 1992

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Diagnostic Assessment in a Sample of Autistic and Developmentally Impaired Adolescents.

Fombonne, Eric

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v22 n4 p563-81 Dec 1992

Forty-three adolescents with autism and developmental impairments were assessed with the Autism Diagnostic Interview (ADI), DSM-III-R (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual III, Revised) criteria, and the clinician's diagnosis. DSM-III-R criteria for autism exhibited low specificity and agreed poorly with the other two definitions, whereas the ADI was found to be useful. (Author/JDD)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism, Clinical Diagnosis, Definitions, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Diagnosis, Evaluation Criteria, Interviews, Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities, Test Validity

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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