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Peer reviewedTanoue, Yoko; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1988
Based on an observational study of children (ages 3-7) screened at a child guidance center in Japan, the prevalence rate of infantile autism in each one-year birth cohort (1972-1978) fluctuated in a four-year cycle which was closely correlated with the number of children hospitalized with lower respiratory tract diseases. (JW)
Descriptors: Autism, Clinical Diagnosis, Disease Incidence, Epidemiology
Peer reviewedKawasaki, Tomisaku; And Others – Pediatrics, 1974
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Diseases, Exceptional Child Research, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedHonda, Hideo; Shimizu, Yasuo – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2002
This article reports on DISCOVERY, a conceptual model for a clinical system of early detection and early intervention in cases of autism that has been implemented in Yokohama, Japan. Longitudinal data from 49 children who participated in a program during 1987-1990 indicate 32 were still being followed in 1999. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Autism, Clinical Diagnosis, Delivery Systems
