title: To Screen or Not to Screen Universally for Autism is not the Question: Why the Task Force Got It Wrong.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosciences and Autism Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA. Electronic address: kpierce@ucsd.edu.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pierce
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosciences and Autism Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Courchesne
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosciences and Autism Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bacon
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic
keywords: ASD; US Preventive Services Task Force; autism; brain development; early detection; early identification; early treatment; ethics; general population-based studies; screening