title: SYMPTOM PRESENTATIONS AND CLASSIFICATION OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER IN EARLY CHILDHOOD: APPLICATION TO THE DIAGNOSTIC CLASSIFICATION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS OF INFANCY AND EARLY CHILDHOOD (DC:0-5).
abstract: Over the past 5 years, a great deal of information about the early course of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has emerged from longitudinal prospective studies of infants at high risk for developing ASD based on a previously diagnosed older sibling. The current article describes early ASD symptom presentations and outlines the rationale for defining a new disorder, Early Atypical Autism Spectrum Disorder (EA-ASD) to accompany ASD in the new revision of the ZERO TO THREE Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood (DC:0-5) (in press) alternative diagnostic classification manual. EA-ASD is designed to identify children who are 9 to 36 months of age presenting with a minimum of (a) two social-communication symptoms and (b) one repetitive and restricted behavior symptom as well as (c) evidence of impairment, with the intention of providing these children with appropriately tailored services and improving the likelihood of optimizing their development.
authors.affiliation: University of Massachusetts Boston. sototimothy@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Soto
authors.affiliation: University of Massachusetts Boston.
authors.forename: Ivy
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Giserman Kiss
authors.affiliation: University of Massachusetts Boston.
authors.forename: Alice S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Carter
mesh_terms: D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008603:Mental Health / Q000145:classification; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled
keywords: Autismus-Spektrum-Störung; Trouble du Spectre Autistique; Trouble du Spectre Autistique Précoce Atypique; autism spectrum disorder; early atypical autism spectrum disorder; frühe atypische Autismus-Spektrum-Störung; temprano atípico trastorno del espectro del autismo; trastorno del espectro del autismo; 早期非典型自閉症譜系障礙; 早期非定型自閉症スペクトラム障害; 自閉症スペクトラム障害; 自閉症譜系障礙