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Autism Screening and Diagnostic Evaluation: CAN Consensus Statement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2014

CAN Consensus Group
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Abstract

Autism and related disorders occur in as many as one in 500 children. Recognizing the need for uniform recommendations to help guide the initial diagnostic evaluation and referrals in this area, an initial working group of the Cure Autism Now Foundation promulgated the following consensus guidelines for autism screening and diagnostic referral. Although these recommendations were formulated using the best information currently available, they are likely to be modified as the results of additional studies become available; however, they provide a useful tool for clinicians involved in the management of children with autism and related developmental abnormalities.

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CNS Spectrums , Volume 3 , Issue 3: Autism: Emerging Concensus , March 1998 , pp. 40 - 49
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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