Autism assessment in children with optic nerve hypoplasia and other vision impairments
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Autism assessment in children with optic nerve hypoplasia and other vision impairments.
AIM This study examined the utility of standard autism diagnostic measures in nine children (aged 5-9y) with severe vision impairment and a range of social and language functioning. METHOD The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) and the Autism Diagnostic Interview, Revised (ADI-R) were systematically modified and used to assess symptoms of autism in children with vision less than or...
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عنوان ژورنال: Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0012-1622
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.12264