What are recommended practices for the screening and diagnosis of autism?
In an effort to promote best practices, including early identification, the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society recently published a set of Practice Parameters for the screening and diagnosis of children with autism (Filipek et al., 2000). These guidelines were drafted by a multidisciplinary panel of autism specialists led by Dr. Pauline Filipek, a child neurologist and autism researcher at the University of California at Irvine. The panel consisted of professionals in the fields of paediatrics, psychiatry, neurology, psychology, speech-language pathology, audiology and occupational therapy. Wendy Stone, TRIAD director, was invited to participate on this panel as a representative of the American Psychological Association. The Practice Parameters were developed and refined during a 2-year process that began with an NIH-sponsored conference on the State of the Science in Autism in June 1998 and was followed by a focused working meeting in January 1999. In additi
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