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[quote=Anonymous]Again, you're pathetic and ill-informed, PP.

There are many evidence-based tools for assessing autism.  Of course there are shades of gray.  No one is arguing that.  A test doesn't have to be testing human tissue or performing a brain scan in order to [b]reliable[/b] and [b]evidence based[/b].

Why not read something by Stephen Camarata from 2014?
https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/developmental-disabilities-lab/files/developmental-disabilities-lab/public_files/Publications/Early%20identifi%20cation%20and%20early%20intervention%20in%20autism%20spectrum%20disorders-%20Accurate%20and%20effective.pdf

"However, in clinical practice, autism was often first diagnosed in early school-age or even older children, and toddler or pre-schooler age diagnoses were much rarer. Because of this, there have been ongoing efforts to develop more specific nosology and objective measures to capture the symptomology at earlier and earlier ages (Lord & Jones, 2012; Volkmar, Cohen, & Paul, 1986), including the development and refine- ment of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Scale (ADOS; Lord, Risi, Lambrecht, Cook, Leventhal, DiLavore, et al., 2000; ADOS-2; Lord, Rutter, DiLavore, Risi, Gotham, & Bishop, 2012). T[b]his, in turn, has led to more systematic diagnostic practice[/b]..."

"Proposed autism guidelines in the DSM-5 (Swedo et al., 2012) may shift inci- dence and eligibility parameters without necessarily seeing a real change in the actual incidence of ASD (see report from the US Centers for Disease Con- trol, 2012)."

"Candidly, [b]there is no doubt in my mind that toddlers with ASD can be reliably identified [/b]and that early intervention is potentially highly effective in reducing long-term ASD symptomology."[/quote]

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