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Autism Assessment Measures in Children with Optic Nerve Hypoplasia and other Visual Impairments

Center:

CA-USC, Childrens Hospital, UCEDD/LEND

Fiscal Year:

2014

Contact Information:

Marian Williams
[email protected]
323-361-8525

Product Description:

This study examined the utility of standard autism diagnostic measures in nine children (aged 59y) with severe vision impairment and a range of social and language functioning. Modified autism measures demonstrated good agreement with clinical diagnoses. Symptoms found to be most and least reliable in discriminating autism from behaviors common to most children with congenital vision impairment are described. Comparisons of current behavior with parent-reported behaviors from a younger age suggested that some symptoms of autism in very young children who are congenitally blind may improve with age.

Keyword(s):

autism, vision impairment, assessment

Product/Publication Type(s):

Peer-reviewed publications in scholarly journals Published/In Press

Target Audience:

Professionals, Students

Alternative Format:

To Obtain Copies (URL or Email):

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dmcn.12264/abstract

COVID-19 Related Data:

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