Dimensional approach to infantile autism in mentally retarded adults
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ABSTRACT— By use of latent trait models, a 7‐item autism rating scale was established, based on the Medical Research Council's Schedule of Handicaps, Behaviours and Skills. Data from a community‐based sample of 302 mentally retarded adults were analysed, assigning good internal validity to the autism scale, and revealing a distribution of symptoms consistent with dimensional, rather than categorical, distribution of infantile autism. A total of 23 (7.6%) of the sample were earlier diagnosed as suffering from infantile autism. Using this clinical diagnosis as a reference, the autism rating scale, with a cut‐off point at ≥2, established diagnoses with a sensitivity of 0.83 and specificity of 0.89.
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Even in the 1980s, autistic adults were largely invisible to research (with some notable exceptions).
“Even in the 1980s, autistic adults were largely invisible to research (with some notable exceptions, e.g. Schopler & Mesibov, 1983; Lund & Jensen, 1989).”
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- Authors
- Lund, J., & Jensen, J.
- Affiliations
- Aarhus University Hospital (DK)
- Corresponding author
- Lund, J.
- ORCID
- Jensen, J.
- Venue
- Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1989-10
- Volume
- 80
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 389-394
- ISSN
- 0001-690X (ISSN-L)
- 1600-0447
- OpenAlex
- W2116559580
- Cited by
- 10
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2020: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 0.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Keywords
- infantile autism, intellectual disability, adults with intellectual disabilities, latent trait models, diagnostic validity, sensitivity and specificity, autism diagnosis
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Autistic Disorder, Humans, Intellectual Disability, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Psychometrics
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