How useful are the Adult Asperger Assessment and AQ-10 within an adult clinical population of all intellectual abilities?

This study was undertaken as part of a service development improvement process. The specific demographics of this clinical po pulation may have influenced the findings. The process will need to be repeated to ensure that the results are consistent across time and increased sample size. The population of patients with an intellectual disability is small, further studies into the use of the AAA or the design of other intelle ctual disability specific screening tools should be pursued. It is of note that the AAA was never intended for use within an intellectual disability population. Originality/value – This is an original paper as it will be the first to consider the usefulness of each of the aspects of the AAA co llectively. It will be the first to assess: the AQ-10 alongside the AAA, the usefulness of the AAA regardless of intellectual ability and the usefulness of the AAA within a clinical population by using the diagnostic outcome as the benchmark of the usefulness of the AAA scores. This paper will only be discussing the scores generated by the AAA, and the correlation of these scores with a diagnosis.
Source: Advances in Autism - Category: Child Development Source Type: research