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Last updated: 12th January 2012
Information to help health professionals with the screening and diagnostic process.
Autism spectrum disorder is a complex, lifelong developmental disability which can often be difficult to diagnose. This guide to diagnosis for health professionals explains the characteristics of the condition and how to recognise its early signs.
Bhismadev Chakrabarti, PhD, from the School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading and the Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge, provides an introduction to the topic of genetics and autism.
The Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (CHAT) is a screening instrument which identifies children aged 18 months who are at risk of having social-communication disorders.
The process of diagnosing autism or Asperger syndrome can be difficult and complex. This article guides you through the systems and instruments you may need when carrying out a professional diagnosis.
Here Judith Gould, Director of the NAS Lorna Wing Centre for Autism, talks about how women and girls with autism often miss being diagnosed or are miss-diagnosed. More films from our conferences.
Find out more about getting a diagnosis of autism for yourself, your child or your partner:
An article by Dr Lorna Wing which seeks to clarify the various diagnoses and terms associated with autism.