title: A screening questionnaire for Asperger syndrome and other high-functioning autism spectrum disorders in school age children.
abstract: The high-functioning Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire (ASSQ) is a 27-item checklist for completion by lay informants when assessing symptoms characteristic of Asperger syndrome and other high-functioning autism spectrum disorders in children and adolescents with normal intelligence or mild mental retardation. Data for parent and teacher ratings in a clinical sample are presented along with various measures of reliability and validity. Optimal cutoff scores were estimated, using Receiver Operating Characteristic analysis. Findings indicate that the ASSQ is a useful brief screening device for the identification of autism spectrum disorders in clinical settings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Göteborg University, Sahlgren University Hospital, Annedals Clinics, Sweden.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ehlers
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gillberg
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wing
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D002659:Child Development Disorders, Pervasive / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013577:Syndrome