Constantino John N, Marrus Natasha
Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8504, St Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8504, St Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2017 Jul;26(3):555-570. doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2017.02.008.
Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are neurodevelopmental disorders whose core features of impaired social communication and atypical repetitive behaviors and/or restrictions in range of interests emerge in toddlerhood and carry significant implications at successive stages of development. The ability to reliably identify most cases of the condition far earlier than the average age of diagnosis presents a novel opportunity for early intervention, but the availability of such an intervention is disparate across US communities, and its impact is imperfectly understood. New research may transform the clinical approach to these conditions in early childhood.
自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）是神经发育障碍，其社交沟通受损、非典型重复行为和/或兴趣范围受限等核心特征在幼儿期出现，并在后续发育阶段产生重大影响。能够在远早于平均诊断年龄时可靠地识别出大多数病例，为早期干预带来了新机会，但这种干预措施在美国各社区的可及性存在差异，其影响也尚未得到充分理解。新的研究可能会改变幼儿期针对这些病症的临床治疗方法。
