The Importance of Language Delays as an Early Indicator of Subsequent ASD Diagnosis in Public Healthcare Settings

Autor/inn/en	Nitzan, Tanya; Koller, Judah; Ilan, Michal; Faroy, Michal; Michaelovski, Analya; Menashe, Idan; Meiri, Gal; Dinstein, Ilan
Titel	The Importance of Language Delays as an Early Indicator of Subsequent ASD Diagnosis in Public Healthcare Settings
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 53 (2023) 12, S.4535-4544 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Nitzan, Tanya)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-022-05757-y
Schlagwörter	Autism Spectrum Disorders; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Language Skills; Cognitive Ability; Severity (of Disability); Clinical Diagnosis; Age Differences; Young Children; Language Impairments; Public Health + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autism; Autismus; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Denkfähigkeit; Schweregrad; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Frühe Kindheit; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Gesundheitswesen
Abstract	Previous studies have reported that ASD children with more severe symptoms are diagnosed earlier. However, previous studies in community settings have mostly relied on retrospective parental reports without the use of quantitative standardized test scores. Here, we evaluated the association of language, cognitive, and ASD severity standardized scores with the age of diagnosis in 1-6-year-old children diagnosed in a public healthcare setting. The results revealed that language scores were the strongest variable associated with the age of diagnosis, explaining ~ 30% of the variability across children. Indeed, all children diagnosed before 30-months of age exhibited moderate-to-severe language delays. These results further substantiate the prominence of language delay as a highly visible symptom associated with earlier ASD diagnosis in community clinical settings. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01