Age of Initial Identification of Autism Spectrum Disorder in a Diverse Urban Sample.

Age of Initial Identification of Autism Spectrum Disorder in a Diverse Urban Sample. J Autism Dev Disord. 2018 Oct 09;: Authors: Hall-Lande J, Esler AN, Hewitt A, Gunty AL Abstract This paper examines age of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) identification and related factors in a diverse urban sample, focusing on ASD identification in the East African Somali community. The overall average age of initial ASD identification was 4.8 years. Somali children received an initial clinical diagnosis of Autistic Disorder later than White children, and Somali children diagnosed with ASD born outside of Minnesota (MN) received their first comprehensive evaluation later than Somali children diagnosed with ASD born in MN. Most children had noted developmental concerns before age 3, with no significant racial or ethnic differences in those concerns. The current study contributes to a limited number of studies on early ASD identification in culturally and linguistically diverse populations. PMID: 30302595 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: J Autism Dev Disord Source Type: research