Early Detection Test for Autism

The Emory Autism Resource Center and the Health Systems Institute at Georgia Institute of Technology have developed an assessment designed to help pediatricians identify children at risk for autism spectrum disorder. A pilot test on the Rapid Attention Back and Forth Communication (Rapid ABC) screener is being conducted at Emory and Georgia Tech.

Guidelines released by the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend that pediatricians screen infants for ASD during their eighteen-month and twenty-four-month well-baby visits. A typical evaluation to diagnose ASD takes from two to four hours to complete.

The Rapid ABC screener, however, is designed for use in a pediatrician's office and takes about three to five minutes to complete. It includes activities that test gesturing, attention level, body language, and eye contact.

Related Links

"Researchers Test Five-Minute Autism Assessment to Help Identify Infants and Toddlers at Risk"
http://shared.web.emory.edu/whsc/news/releases/2009/04/five-minute-autism-ass...

Emory Autism Center
http://www.psychiatry.emory.edu/PROGRAMS/autism/

Georgia Tech and Emory HSI Child Study Lab
http://childstudy.hsi.gatech.edu/

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[yksnimus]

my mom though I was deaf, than autist...truth is Im just an idiot

[monkriddler]

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[xujie128]

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[PYS13]

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[nerdyharry]

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[jufeds]

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[irynahnatyuk]

She would make an autistic out of anyone.

[nerdyharry]

@LivingDead53 if someone's autistic enough to pass that test you probably wouldn't need to test them to know they're autistic. duh.

[TOMHYLE88]

@JohnnyX1239 Yes.

[LivingDead53]

1.) I say purple, you say, autistic kid will say purple.

2.) My friends like me. True or false.

3.) IF I put a yellow crayon in a box, does lisa who's in the other room know about it? The autistic kid will say yes.

[logotherapeytis]

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