Diagnosing autism: Contemporaneous surveys of parent needs and paediatric practice

Hennel, Sabine; Coates, Cathy; Symeonides, Christos; Gulenc, Alisha; Smith, Libby J.; Price, Anna

doi:10.1111/jpc.13157

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“…However, the engagement between clinicians and schools can be improved. For example, Australian research found that, although 89% of parents wanted their paediatrician to help to inform their child's school after an ASD diagnosis, only 19% received this support . Future research will have an important role to play in facilitating this, for example, by evaluating different approaches to fostering such engagement.…”

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Trends in the prevalence and distribution of teacher‐identified special health‐care needs across three successive population cohorts

O’Connor

Quach

et al. 2018

J Paediatrics Child Health

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Trends in the prevalence and distribution of teacher‐identified special health‐care needs across three successive population cohorts

O’Connor

Quach

et al. 2018

J Paediatrics Child Health

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“…Most parents of young children in this study felt that information should be provided immediately after the diagnosis, including information on organizations and services and on what to expect with ASD. In a more recent Australian survey of 404 parents and 53 pediatricians, parents rated the following as most important information to receive at diagnosis: how to find allied health professionals with ASD experience, what the diagnosis meant, how it was made, and what the prognosis was 196. Crucially, pediatricians reported giving more information on allied health professionals, prognosis, and funding than parents perceived receiving.…”

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Autism spectrum disorder: advances in diagnosis and evaluation

Zwaigenbaum

Penner

2018

BMJ

192

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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has a variety of causes, and its clinical expression is generally associated with substantial disability throughout the lifespan. Recent advances have led to earlier diagnosis, and deep phenotyping efforts focused on high risk infants have helped advance the characterization of early behavioral trajectories. Moreover, biomarkers that measure early structural and functional connectivity, visual orienting, and other biological processes have shown promise in detecting the risk of autism spectrum disorder even before the emergence of overt behavioral symptoms. Despite these advances, the mean age of diagnosis is still 4-5 years. Because of the broad consistency in published guidelines, parameters for high quality comprehensive assessments are available; however, such models are resource intensive and high demand can result in greatly increased waiting times. This review describes advances in detecting early behavioral and biological markers, current options and controversies in screening for the disorder, and best practice in its diagnostic evaluation including emerging data on innovative service models.

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“…The diagnosis of ASD is primarily based on behavioral evaluation (Hennel et al 2016), as potential reliable biomarkers are still in an investigative phase (Varcin and Nelson, 2016). In recent years, morphological changes in the brain (e.g.…”

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Behavioral Phenotyping for Autism Spectrum Disorders in Mice

2017

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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) represents a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by alterations in three behavioral symptom domains: social interactions, verbal and nonverbal communication, and repetitive behaviors. Increasing prevalence of ASD in recent years suggests that exposure to environmental toxicants may be critical in modulating etiology of this disease. As clinical diagnosis of autism still relies on behavioral evaluation, it is important to be able to assess similar behavioral traits in animal models, to provide biological plausibility of associations between environmental exposures and ASD. Rodents naturally exhibit a large number of behaviors that can be linked to similar behaviors in human. In this unit, behavioral tests are described that are relevant to the domains affected in ASD. For the repetitive domain, the T-maze spontaneous alternation test and marble burying test are described. For the communication domain, neonatal ultrasonic vocalization and olfactory habituation test toward social and non-social odor are described. Finally, for the sociability domain, the three chambered social preference test and the reciprocal interaction test are presented.

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Diagnosing autism: Contemporaneous surveys of parent needs and paediatric practice

Abstract: Parents want more information than can be conveyed in a single diagnostic consultation. Developing a tailored 'autism action plan' with written materials could improve parents' understanding of and satisfaction with children's autism diagnoses.

Cited by 40 publications

References 18 publications

Trends in the prevalence and distribution of teacher‐identified special health‐care needs across three successive population cohorts

Trends in the prevalence and distribution of teacher‐identified special health‐care needs across three successive population cohorts

Autism spectrum disorder: advances in diagnosis and evaluation

Behavioral Phenotyping for Autism Spectrum Disorders in Mice

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