Autism Screening App and Early Detection By Kelly Jean Sullivan

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A major obstacle in autism research has been the lack of a valid means of measuring the effectiveness of various treatments. Over the years, researchers have published hundreds of studies attempting to evaluate different biomedical and psycho-educational interventions intended to benefit autistic children. Much of this research produced inconclusive or, worse, misleading results, because there are no useful tests or scales designed to measure treatment effectiveness. Lacking such a scale, researchers resorted to using scales such as the Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS), the Gilliam Autism Rating Scale (GARS), or the Autism Behavior Checklist (ABC), all of which were designed to diagnose autism- to tell whether or not a child is autistic--and not to measure treatment effectiveness.
Is it better to diagnose autism early?
That makes it vitally important to diagnose autism at the earliest possible age in order to optimize outcomes for children with ASD. Diagnosis is ideal when made by the age of 2, which is currently the earliest age that is reliable[i]—although symptoms can appear as early as 12 to 18 months.
Common signs of autism
Avoiding eye contact.
Delayed speech and communication skills.
Reliance on rules and routines.
Being upset by relatively minor changes.
Unexpected reactions to sounds, tastes, sights, touch and smells.
Difficulty understanding other people's emotions
Bernard Rimland and Stephen M. Edelson of the Autism Research Institute developed The Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC) to fill this need.