Results of clinical studies published simultaneously in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and in JAMA Network Open demonstrate that measuring children's looking behavior predicts expert clinical diagnosis of autism in children between ages 16 to 30 months tested with a high degree of accuracy.
are important for supporting the health, learning, and long-term well-being of all children with autism.
"The far-reaching implications of these results may mean that children who currently have limited access to expert care, and face two or more years of waiting and referrals before finally being diagnosed at age four or five, may now be eligible for diagnosis between the ages of 16 and 30 months," said Dr. Klin, who is also Division Chief of Autism and Developmental Disabilities at Emory University School of Medicine.
In each of these studies, the researchers tested whether automated measures of children's looking behavior could effectively predict results of diagnostic assessments conducted by highly trained, expert clinicians. These measurements were summarized to provide an overall diagnostic indication as well as individual measurements of each child's levels of social disability, verbal ability, and non-verbal learning skills.at six of the nation's leading centers, automated measurements of children's looking behavior accurately matched the current gold standard, which could help pave the way for earlier, objective diagnosis in many children.
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