Autism Evaluations

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), a guide created by the American Psychiatric Association that health care providers use to diagnose mental disorders, people with ASD often have:
Difficulty with communication and interaction with other people
Restricted interests and repetitive behaviors
Symptoms that affect their ability to function in school, work, and other areas of life

Autism is known as a “spectrum” disorder because there is wide variation in the type and severity of symptoms people experience.

Our office utilizes the ADOS-2 (Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule–Second Edition) to assist in the classification of Autism. The evaluation of Autism or autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has the following elements:

Obtaining a thorough background history of the child’s medical, birth, developmental, family, school, intervention, history
Findings of previous developmental screenings
Parent/caregiver interview
Child observation and interactions
Evaluation using more than one standardized instrument (as clinically indicated)
Administration and interpretation of the ADOS-2 or the Autism Diagnostic Interview Revised (ADI-R)

For more information about ASD, visit:

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development www.nichd. nih.gov/ health/topics/ autism
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke www.ninds.nih.gov/ Disorders/All-Disorders/Autism-Spectrum-DisorderInformation-Page
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders www.nidcd.nih.gov/ health/autism-spectrum-disorder-communicationproblems-children
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov/autism
Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee https://iacc.hhs.gov“

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