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Peer reviewedLord, Catherine; Pickles, Andrew; McLennan, John; Rutter, Michael; Bregman, Joel; Folstein, Susan; Fombonne, Eric; Leboyer, Marion; Minshew, Nancy – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1997
A study of 319 individuals with autism (ages 3-43) and 113 other subjects found that a single set of criteria, as operationalized by individually structured questions in the Autism Diagnostic Interview and Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised, was effective in differentiating autism from mental disabilities and language impairment. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adults, Autism, Children, Clinical Diagnosis
