title: Linking autism measures with the ICF-CY: functionality beyond the borders of diagnosis and interrater agreement issues.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aims to: (1) link measurements used in the diagnosis of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) with the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health - Children and Youth Version (ICF-CY) and (2) analyse issues relating with interrater agreement within this process.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three instruments for ASD diagnosis were linked with the ICF-CY using deductive content analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Correspondences between items' content and ICF-CY dimensions were identified for all ICF-CY components, except for environmental factors. Interrater agreement varied with the content of the units analyzed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The linkage between the ICF-CY and the analyzed measures provides a way to document assessment-intervention outcomes using a common language, as well as to integrate diagnostic and functional data. Diagnostic measurements provide functional information beyond the diagnostic criteria defined for autism. A functional perspective is added to diagnostic outcomes, thus better informing educational and rehabilitation practices for children with ASD.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Porto University , Portugal.
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.forename: Tiago
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dababnah
authors.forename: Ana Isabel
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Pinto
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002659:Child Development Disorders, Pervasive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D008297:Male; D015203:Reproducibility of Results