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Direct linkLenart, Anna; Pasternak, Jacek – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
The article refers to resources, problems and challenges of autism diagnosis and support system in Poland. The resources include: the increasing number of specialists, diagnostic and therapeutic centres, well-established course of education for people working with youths, standardised and normalised diagnostic tools. The diagnostic process is not…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Health Services
Challenges and Strengths Experienced by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Diagnostic Clinics in Canada
Kelly D. Harding; Colleen Burns; Christine Lafontaine; Andrew Wrath; Alicia Groom; Katherine Flannigan; Kathy Unsworth; Audrey McFarlane – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2024
Background: The Canadian fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) diagnostic guideline provides clinicians with the process and procedure to reach an accurate diagnosis. However, organisational structure, culture, and resource utilisation vary. The objectives of this study were to identify the key challenges and strengths of successful FASD…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Clinical Diagnosis, Barriers
Freeman, Nerelie C.; Paradis, Pascale – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
The process of getting an autism diagnosis can be a stressful and uncertain time for families. While the experiences of parents seeking an autism diagnosis for their child have been explored in previous research, the experiences of families with a daughter have been underrepresented. It is likely that their experience is markedly different given…
Descriptors: Parent Role, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Daughters, Clinical Diagnosis
Harvey, Hannah – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: Extensive variation in the terminology used for paediatric diagnoses across the speech and language therapy research literature is an internationally recognized problem. Little is known, however, about how and how often diagnoses are given in a clinical context. In the UK, speech and language therapists (SLTs) identify and support…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Diagnostic Tests, Speech Therapy, Foreign Countries
Bhavnani, Supriya; Lockwood Estrin, Georgia; Arora, Rashi; Kumar, Divya; Kakra, Minal; Vajaratkar, Vivek; Juneja, Monica; Gulati, Sheffali; Patel, Vikram; Green, Jonathan; Divan, Gauri – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
Timely recognition of autism in children is integral to improve developmental outcomes. This study used mixed-methods (84 case-registers and 20 in-depth interviews with caregivers of children with a diagnosis of autism) to explore the extent to which the nature of parental concerns and prior knowledge of developmental disorders impact the time…
Descriptors: Barriers, Help Seeking, Clinical Diagnosis, Autism
Megan Cornwell; Sebastian Charles Keith Shaw – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2024
Recent statistics found the prevalence of dyslexia in UK medical schools to be 7%, sitting below the national prevalence of 10%. The factors contributing to this discrepancy are currently unknown, but may result from an interplay of individual and systemic barriers to entering medicine. This collaborative, analytic autoethnography aimed to use the…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Clinical Diagnosis, Identification, College Applicants
Catubigan, Robie V. – Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2023
The birth of a child is the beginning of a woman's motherhood. It is genuinely illuminated in her raising and rearing responsibilities. This study explores the understanding and experiences of Mansaka mothers about autism before and after diagnosis. This qualitative phenomenological inquiry employed face-to-face semi-structured interviews with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mothers, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Inclusion
Murphy, Sarah; Flower, Rebecca L.; Jellett, Rachel – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
An autism diagnosis in adulthood can increase women's self-compassion and inform appropriate supports. This study explored what helped and hindered autistic women when accessing an adulthood autism diagnosis in Australia. Ten autistic women diagnosed as adults within the past 5 years participated in a semi-structured interview about their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Females
Pistoljevic, Nirvana; Dzanko, Eldin; Ghaziuddin, Mohammad – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
The aim of this preliminary study was to identify the practice patterns and potential barriers to diagnosing autism in Bosnia & Herzegovina. 126 children aged 23 to 94 months with developmental concerns referred to treatment centers participated in the study. Although parents had reported developmental problems in their children usually around…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Clinical Diagnosis, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Hayes, Jennie; Ford, Tamsin; McCabe, Rose; Russell, Ginny – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
The diagnosis of autism can be challenging, particularly if an individual coming for assessment is considered to be near the diagnostic threshold. It is important to understand the experiences and challenges of diagnosis from the perspective of clinicians. In this study, 21 in-depth interviews were conducted with clinicians working in specialist…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Foreign Countries
Leandro Feliz-Matos – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Electronic dental record (EDR) with dental diagnostic terminology (DDT) is an innovation in health information technology as it contributes to the oral health system of the Dominican Republic and other Spanish-speaking countries. The implementation and use of electronic health record and EDR in developing countries is limited, and there is lack of…
Descriptors: Dentistry, Information Technology, Records (Forms), Dental Health
Tanja Plasil; Ellen Margrete Iveland Ersfjord; Kim Berge; Line M. Oldervoll – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Background: Research suggests that people with intellectual disabilities have a higher risk for cardiovascular disease than the general population. The aim of this study was to identify barriers for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular disease for people with intellectual disabilities. Method: We conducted individual…
Descriptors: Barriers, Prevention, Clinical Diagnosis, Medical Services
Azeb Ataro Adere; Sarah Dababnah; Serene Habayeb – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Collectively, Ethiopians and Eritreans represent one of the largest African immigrant groups in the US, yet no research to date exists on families from these communities raising autistic children. The purpose of our study was to examine the experiences of Ethiopian and Eritrean families of autistic children including experiences (1) receiving the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Children
Download full textNtombophelo Sithole-Tetani – Research in Social Sciences and Technology, 2024
Autism is a group of severe developmental disorders with impairments beginning before 30 months of age and characterized by a qualitative disturbance of social development and of language for communication, a stereotyped behaviour, and a lack of a broad set of interests. The expression of autism varies from one individual to the next. It is a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Barriers
Guillon, Quentin; Baduel, Sophie; Bejarano-Martín, Álvaro; Canal-Bedia, Ricardo; MagÁn-Maganto, María; FernÁndez-Álvarez, Clara; Martín-Cilleros, María Victoria; SÁnchez-Gómez, María Cruz; García-Primo, Patricia; Rose-Sweeney, Mary; Boilson, Andrew; Linertova, Renata; Roeyers, Herbert; Van der Paelt, Sara; Schendel, Diana; Warberg, Christine Kloster; Cramer, Susanne; Narzisi, Antonio; Muratori, Filippo; Scattoni, María Luisa; Moilanen, Irma; Yliherva, Anneli; Saemundsen, Evald; Jonsdottir, Sigridur Loa; Efrim-Budisteanu, Magdalena; Arghir, Aurora; Papuc, Sorina Mihaela; Vicente, Astrid; Rasga, Celia; Xenia Kafka, Johanna; Poustka, Luise; Kothgassner, Oswald D.; Kawa, Rafal; Pisula, Ewa; Sellers, Tracey; Posada de la Paz, Manuel; Rogé, Bernadette – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
Satisfaction with the detection process of autism and its determinants was investigated using data from the Autism Spectrum Disorder in the European Union (2015-2018) network. A total of 1342 family members, including 1278 parents, completed an online survey collecting information about their experience and satisfaction with the early detection of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Disability Identification, Children
