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Early identification of autism spectrum disorders

Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie, Bryson, Susan, Garon, Nancy·2013·Behavioural Brain Research
DOI 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.04.004
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Earlier identification and diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) can improve opportunities for children to benefit from intervention and lessen the burden on concerned parents. This review summarizes current knowledge about early signs of autism. Convergent data from both retrospective studies and prospective studies of high-risk infants indicate that ASD symptoms emerge in the first two years of life, affecting multiple developmental domains, mapping onto symptom dimensions consistent with current diagnostic frameworks including social-communication, and repetitive interests/behaviors but also extending to motor delays and atypical regulation of attention and emotion. Recent findings have shed new light on patterns of symptom onset and progression, and promise to inform early detection and diagnosis. Further attention to effective application of new findings and related challenges in building health system capacity to ensure timely access to specialized assessment and interventions is needed to fully realize the promise of improved outcomes resulting from this research.

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  • Recent reviews find convergent evidence for emergence of overt behavioural markers between 12 and 18 months of age that distinguish, at a group level, infants who go on to receive an ASD diagnosis from other HR infants and low-risk groups.

    “Recent reviews of high-risk (HR) sibling studies find convergent evidence for the emergence of overt behavioural markers between 12 and 18 months of age that distinguish, at a group level, those infants who go on to receive an ASD diagnosis from other HR infants and low-risk (LR) groups (Jones, Gliga, Bedford, Charman, & Johnson, 2014; Zwaigenbaum et al., 2013).”

    From Behavioural markers for autism in infancy: Scores on the Autism Observational Scale for Infants in a prospective study of at-risk siblings (2015) · cites this paper as Zwaigenbaum et al., 2013

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Authors
Zwaigenbaum, L., Bryson, S., & Garon, N.
Affiliations
  • University of Alberta (CA)
  • Dalhousie University (CA)
  • Mount Allison University (CA)
Corresponding author
Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie
ORCID
Venue
Behavioural Brain Research
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2013-08
Volume
251
Pages
133-146
ISSN
0166-4328 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.bbr.2013.04.004
OpenAlex
W2130157722
Semantic Scholar
f47995f2b80e6cce23123781dbb89ec976100772
Cited by
370
References
114
Citations by year
2026: 15 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 23 · 2023: 30 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 42 · 2020: 22 · 2019: 31 · 2018: 36 · 2017: 28 · 2016: 30 · 2015: 31 · 2014: 30 · 2013: 10
FWCI
2.86
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Behavioural Brain Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
Keywords
autism spectrum disorder, early detection, early diagnosis, early signs of autism, high-risk infants, social communication, repetitive behavior, motor delay, attentional control, emotion regulation, developmental domains, health system capacity
MeSH terms
Child, Child Development, Child Development Disorders, Pervasive, Child, Preschool, Cognition, Communication, Humans, Infant, Language Development, Early Diagnosis

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