NIH R01 · 2024
Individualized approaches to determining likelihood of ASD caseness
PROJECT SUMMARY Ongoing development and validation of screening and diagnostic tools has been a major focus of research in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) during the past 30 years. Diagnostic validity of several widely used tools has been established by showing that, in most cases, children with ASD score above established cut-offs, whereas children with non-ASD score below cut-offs. However, a growing body of literature indicates that sensitivity and specificity of ASD symptom measures varies significantly based on the characteristics of the study population. This means that the ability of a given tool to differentiate children with and without ASD is variable, and is affected by an…
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