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Educational and Diagnostic Classification of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Associated Characteristics
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Direct linkStichter, Janine; Stormont, Melissa; Buranova, Nargiza; Herzog, Melissa; O'Donnell, Rose – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
Research continues to highlight discrepancies between clinical diagnoses of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and determination of special education eligibility for services within school settings. However, limited research has been conducted on the impact of those discrepancies for the identification of appropriate services within schools. The aim…
Descriptors: Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Special Education, Eligibility
Grether, Judith K.; Rosen, Nila J.; Smith, Karen S.; Croen, Lisa A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2009
We investigated if shifts in the coding of qualifying conditions in the California Department of Developmental Services (DDS) have contributed to the increase in California children with autism observed in recent years. Qualifying condition codes for mental retardation (MR) and autism in DDS electronic files were compared to hard-copy records for…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Autism, Eligibility, Children
Coo, Helen; Ouellette-Kuntz, Helene; Lloyd, Jennifer E. V.; Kasmara, Liza; Holden, Jeanette J. A.; Lewis, M. E. Suzanne – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2008
There has been little evidence to support the hypothesis that diagnostic substitution may contribute to increases in the administrative prevalence of autism. We examined trends in assignment of special education codes to British Columbia (BC) school children who had an autism code in at least 1 year between 1996 and 2004, inclusive. The proportion…
Descriptors: Incidence, Autism, Foreign Countries, Special Education
