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Hall-Lande, Jennifer; Esler, Amy N.; Hewitt, Amy; Gunty, Amy L. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
This paper examines age of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) identification and related factors in a diverse urban sample, focusing on ASD identification in the East African Somali community. The overall average age of initial ASD identification was 4.8 years. Somali children received an initial clinical diagnosis of Autistic Disorder later than…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Disability Identification, Age
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Courchesne, Eric – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1995
In a study by Toshiaki Hashimoto and colleagues (EC 611 142), 10 infants with developmental delay, poor eye contact, and poor facial expression underwent magnetic resonance brain imaging and were later diagnosed with autism. This offered direct evidence of abnormality of the cerebellar vermis and the brainstem at the beginning stages of behavioral…
Descriptors: Age, Anatomy, Autism, Child Development