Diagnostic Interview for Social and Communication Disorders

Synonyms DISCO Abbreviations ADI-R Autism diagnostic interview-revised PDD Pervasive developmental disorders Description The for Social and is a semistructured interview schedule used Diagnostic Interview Communication Disorders (DISCO) with the parent or carer of an individual to elicit a broad picture of the individual's behaviors and needs. Its primary purpose is to elicit information relevant to the spectrum in order to assist clinicians in their judgment of an autistic individual's level of development, disabilities, and specific needs. It contains sets of algorithms for diagnosis of autism according to the international classification criteria (and) and other sets of diagnostic criteria. Key features of ICD DSM the DISCO are (a) that it can be used at any age, (b) that it collects extensive information not only on the core symptoms of autism but also beyond these symptoms (e.g., sensory symptoms, emotion symptoms, gross and , fine motor skills psychiatric and forensic problems, , sleep difficulties, etc.), and (c) that it has a strong maladaptive behavior developmental focus, including the detailed assessment of current developmental level and. developmental delay The Diagnostic Interview for Social and Communication Disorders (DISCO) is based on a concept of a spectrum of autistic disorders that predated the earliest ICD and DSM criteria for autism and pervasive developmental disorders developmental disorders (PDD) described in DSM-IV and. Therefore, the use of the DISCO enables diagnosis of ICD-10 specific autism conditions according to DSM-IV and ICD-10, but the DISCO goes beyond this. Information collected is placed in a broad developmental and behavioral context that reflects a dimensional view of a spectrum of autistic disorder and emphasizes its broad-ranging nature. Therefore, an individual's difficulties with reciprocal social interaction, communication, and can be understood against the pattern of their developmental skills and repetitive behavior associated abilities and difficulties. In addition, symptoms of other related disorders (e.g., language, attention, or motor impairments) can be elicited for further investigation. Furthermore, as the DISCO is concerned with the assessment of needs as well as with the diagnosis of , the information it collects is relevant for guiding recommendations relating to ASD management and interventions. The DISCO interview schedule comprises more than 300 questions that are organized into eight parts. Part 1 provides a factual record of family, medical, and identifying information. Part 2 deals with the first 2. This infancy section years of life consists of medical questions relevant to the diagnostic criteria for Rett's syndrome and …