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Universal Autism Screening for Toddlers: Recommendations at Odds

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Acknowledgments

The Early Detection Team is funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, R01HD039961.

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Diana L. Robins wrote the initial draft. All co-authors edited the drafts, and approved the final submission.

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  1. AJ Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University, 3020 Market Street, Suite 560, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    Diana L. Robins, James E. Connell Jr., Connor Kerns, Craig Newschaffer, Jennifer Plumb, Paul Shattuck & Giacomo Vivanti

  2. Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Lauren B. Adamson

  3. Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA

    Marianne Barton & Deborah Fein

  4. Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA

    Thyde Dumont-Mathieu, Paul H. Dworkin & Deborah Fein

  5. Division of Developmental-Rehabilitation Medicine, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Hartford, CT, USA

    Thyde Dumont-Mathieu

  6. Office for Community Child Health and Help Me Grow National Center, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Hartford, CT, USA

    Paul H. Dworkin

  7. Divisions of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics and Clinical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA

    Mark A. Greenstein

  8. New England Newborn Screening Program, University of Massachussetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA

    Ho-Wen Hsu

  9. Community Health and Prevention, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Renee Turchi

  10. Center for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Renee Turchi

  11. Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

    Giacomo Vivanti

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Diana Robins, Deborah Fein, and Marianne Barton are co-owners of M-CHAT, LLC, which receives royalties from companies that incorporate the M-CHAT into commercial products.

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Diana L. Robins, Ph.D., Lauren B. Adamson, Ph.D., Marianne Barton, Ph.D., Thyde Dumont-Mathieu, M.D., M.P.H., Paul H. Dworkin, M.D., Deborah Fein, Ph.D., Mark A. Greenstein, M.D., Ho-Wen Hsu, M.D., M.S., Connor Kerns, Ph.D., and Renee Turchi, M.D., M.P.H.—Early Detection Project Team.

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Robins, D.L., Adamson, L.B., Barton, M. et al. Universal Autism Screening for Toddlers: Recommendations at Odds. J Autism Dev Disord 46, 1880–1882 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2697-5

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