title: Differentiating between autism spectrum disorders and other developmental disabilities in children who failed a screening instrument for ASD.
abstract: This study compared behavioral presentation of toddlers with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) and toddlers with global developmental delay (DD) or developmental language disorder (DLD) who display some characteristics of ASD using the diagnostic algorithm items from the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Generic (ADOS), the Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS), and Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT). To date, 195 children have failed the M-CHAT and have been diagnosed with ASD, DD or DLD. Children with ASD had prominent and consistent impairments in socialization skills, especially joint attention skills and were more impaired in some aspects of communication, play, and sensory processing. Children with ASD and children with DD/DLD shared common features, but certain behavioral markers differentiated the two groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-1020, USA. pamela.e.dixon@uconn.edu
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ventola
authors.forename: Jamie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kleinman
authors.forename: Juhi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.forename: Leandra
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Esser
authors.forename: Hilary
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Boorstein
authors.forename: Thyde
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dumont-Mathieu
authors.forename: Gail
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marshia
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barton
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hodgson
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Fred
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Volkmar
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chawarska
authors.forename: Tammy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Babitz
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Robins
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fein
mesh_terms: D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening