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Screening Cases Within a Statewide Autism Registry: A Comparison of Parental Reports Using DSM-IV-TR Criteria Versus the SCQ

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	Abstract

Parents and caregivers of 70 children enrolled in a university-based, statewide autism registry (M age = 9.5 years) completed two questionnaires, one generated from criteria outlined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders–Fourth Edition–Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) and the other the Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ), to determine the number of cases likely to have autism. Based on DSM-IV-TR questionnaire (DSM-Q) results, 94.3% met criteria for probable autism. In contrast, 88.6% met criteria for possible autism with the SCQ. The two instruments agreed on 89% of the cases, and the frequencies of cases meeting criteria on each measure were not statistically different (p > .05). Results are discussed in terms of their application to the creation of local autism registries.

First published on June 11, 2008, doi:10.1177/1088357608316270

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities 2008;23:148.

A more recent version of this article appeared on September 1, 2008


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