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The Diagnostic Interview for Social and Communication Disorders: background, inter‐rater reliability and clinical use
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Background: The Diagnostic Interview for Social and Communication Disorders (DISCO) is a schedule for the diagnosis of autistic spectrum and related disorders and assessment of individual needs. It enables information to be recorded systematically for a wide range of behaviours and developmental skills and is suitable for use with all ages and levels of ability. In addition to helping the clinician to obtain a profile of each individual's pattern of development and behaviour, the DISCO also enables identification of specific features found in autistic spectrum disorders that are relevant for use with established diagnostic systems. Method: This paper describes the historical background of the DISCO, outlines its structure and reports the results of an inter‐rater reliability study with parents of 82 children aged 3 to 11 years with autistic spectrum disorder, learning disability, language disorder or typical development. Results: Inter‐rater reliability for the items in the interview was high (kappa coefficient or intra‐class correlation at .75 or higher). This level of agreement was achieved for over 80% of the interview items.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Wing, L., Leekam, S. R., Libby, S. J., Gould, J., & Larcombe, M.
- Affiliations
- Durham University (GB)
- University of East Anglia (GB)
- University of Plymouth (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Wing, Lorna
- Venue
- Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2002-03
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 307-325
- ISSN
- 0021-9630 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-7610
- OpenAlex
- W2118415569
- Cited by
- 694
- References
- 37
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 4.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Locations
- Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Durham Research Online (Durham University) (acceptedVersion)
- Durham Research Online (Durham University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- University of Kent
- 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 › Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Keywords
- disco, autism spectrum disorder, inter-rater reliability, diagnostic interview, learning disabilities, language disorders, parent interviews, developmental assessment, children
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Age Factors, Autistic Disorder, Child, Communication Disorders, Female, Humans, Interview, Psychological, Male, Sensitivity and Specificity, Social Behavior Disorders, Reproducibility of Results, Observer Variation
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