Autism Diagnosis Must Account For Individual Ability To Function - by Sven Bolte Proffessor Korolinska Instetutet
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To create a core set for autism, we followed a rigorous four-step process. First, we conducted a systematic literature review. My colleagues at the Karolinska Institutet and I analyzed 71 autism studies, from which we identified 99 relevant categories of functioning. The most common are basic interpersonal interactions, complex interpersonal interactions, emotion, attention and language. We published these results last year1.
An international pool of leaders in the field provided their input on ability and disability in autism. In January, we surveyed 225 experts about the areas of functioning in autism. Their responses pointed to 103 important categories. These areas include complex interpersonal interactions, control of voluntary movement, and functioning with the immediate family2.
We then assembled people with autism, immediate family members and professional caregivers from five countries to find out what they think are the relevant abilities and disabilities.
Finally, we conducted a cross-sectional study of 122 people with the condition in 11 clinical settings in 10 countries, to observe and describe their functioning. Reports from these two steps are in preparation and are expected to be published by mid-2017.
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“Self Acceptance is a process not a performance”
“You are autistic enough. And you always have been”
Professionally Identified and joined WP August 26, 2013
DSM 5: Autism Spectrum Disorder, DSM IV: Aspergers Moderate Severity.
30 Nov 2016, 1:31 am
