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Learn about the criteria, process, and challenges of diagnosing autism spectrum disorder (ASD) based on behavioral and developmental factors. Find out how ASD can vary by age, sex, and gender identity, and how it may be linked to genetic causes.
CARS is a behavior rating scale to help diagnose autism in children. It rates fifteen items related to social, communication, and behavioral skills, and yields a composite score ranging from non-autistic to severely autistic.
ADOS Module 3 is a part of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS), a standardized protocol for assessing autism in verbally fluent children or young adolescents. It consists of 14 activities that involve social interaction and communication, and produces quantitative scores for analysis.
The Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R) is a structured interview for evaluating autism spectrum disorders in individuals with a mental age of at least 24 months. It covers social interaction, communication and language, and restricted and repetitive behaviors, and uses a scoring algorithm and cutoff scores to diagnose autism.
CAST is a 39-item questionnaire that assesses social and communication behaviors in children aged 4–11 years. It was developed by the Autism Research Centre at the University of Cambridge and has been used in several studies to identify children at risk for autism spectrum disorders.
See main article: Conditions comorbid to autism. Individuals with autism spectrum disorders risk developing symptoms of anxiety. While anxiety is one of the most commonly occurring mental health symptoms, children and adolescents with high functioning autism are at an even greater risk of developing symptoms. [23]
RAADS-R is a psychological test developed by Dr. Riva Ariella Ritvo to help diagnose autism in adults. It consists of 80 questions about social, language, and sensory symptoms, and has been translated into various languages and validated in different countries.
M-CHAT is a 20-question test that evaluates risk for autism spectrum disorder in children ages 16–30 months. It has a follow-up form for medium- to high-risk cases and a revised version (M-CHAT-R/F) with high validity and reliability.