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12-10-2022 | Original Paper

The Importance of Language Delays as an Early Indicator of Subsequent ASD Diagnosis in Public Healthcare Settings

Auteurs: Tanya Nitzan, Judah Koller, Michal Ilan, Michal Faroy, Analya Michaelovski, Idan Menashe, Gal Meiri, Ilan Dinstein

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 12/2023

Abstract

Previous studies have reported that ASD children with more severe symptoms are diagnosed earlier. However, previous studies in community settings have mostly relied on retrospective parental reports without the use of quantitative standardized test scores. Here, we evaluated the association of language, cognitive, and ASD severity standardized scores with the age of diagnosis in 1-6-year-old children diagnosed in a public healthcare setting. The results revealed that language scores were the strongest variable associated with the age of diagnosis, explaining ~ 30% of the variability across children. Indeed, all children diagnosed before 30-months of age exhibited moderate-to-severe language delays. These results further substantiate the prominence of language delay as a highly visible symptom associated with earlier ASD diagnosis in community clinical settings.

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Titel: The Importance of Language Delays as an Early Indicator of Subsequent ASD Diagnosis in Public Healthcare Settings
Auteurs: Tanya Nitzan
Judah Koller
Michal Ilan
Michal Faroy
Analya Michaelovski
Idan Menashe
Gal Meiri
Ilan Dinstein
Publicatiedatum: 12-10-2022
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders / Uitgave 12/2023
Print ISSN: 0162-3257
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-3432
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05757-y

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