Trajectories of Autism Symptom Severity Change During Early Childhood

Autism symptom severity change was evaluated during early childhood in 125 children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Children were assessed at approximately 3 and 6 years of age for autism symptom severity, IQ and adaptive functioning. Each child was assigned a change score, representi...

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Autores principales: Waizbard-Bartov, Einat, Ferrer, Emilio, Young, Gregory S., Heath, Brianna, Rogers, Sally, Wu Nordahl, Christine, Solomon, Marjorie, Amaral, David G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2020
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Original Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7810617/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32410098
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04526-z
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Sumario:Autism symptom severity change was evaluated during early childhood in 125 children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Children were assessed at approximately 3 and 6 years of age for autism symptom severity, IQ and adaptive functioning. Each child was assigned a change score, representing the difference between ADOS Calibrated Severity Scores (CSS) at the two ages. A Decreased Severity Group (28.8%) decreased by 2 or more points; a Stable Severity Group (54.4%) changed by 1 point or less; and an Increased Severity Group (16.8%) increased by 2 or more points. Girls tended to decrease in severity more than boys and increase in severity less than boys. There was no clear relationship between intervention history and membership in the groups.

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