overview: A new freely available Autism Symptom Scale questionnaire helps screen for ASD and monitor symptoms over time.
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Researchers have developed a freely available autism symptom scale to help screen for autism and monitor changes in symptoms over time.
Studies on the development and validation of the Autism Symptom Dimensional Questionnaire (ASDQ) Developmental Medicine and Pediatric Neurology.
A revised 39-item version of the ASDQ after the development of the original 33-item version (available at https://prolific.co/) was applied to 1,467 children and adolescents, including 104 with autism spectrum disorders.
The questionnaire was found to be reliable and valid in assessing autism symptoms across age, gender, race and ethnicity.
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“The use of freely available modern measures of autism symptoms can greatly improve clinical practice and advance research in autism spectrum disorders,” said John Carroll University’s Corresponding author Thomas W. Frazier, Ph.D.
About this Autism Research News
author: Sarah Henning-Stout
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contact: Sarah Henning-Stout – Wiley
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Original research: Findings are displayed in: Developmental Medicine and Pediatric Neurology
