Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan.
Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Taiwan.
Autism. 2021 May;25(4):911-920. doi: 10.1177/1362361320972300. Epub 2020 Nov 27.
The benefits of early intervention for young children with autism spectrum disorder highlight the importance of early diagnosis. Reliable diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder can be made before 24 months of age. However, many children are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder at a later age. Delayed diagnosis can occur for children with less severe symptoms and lead to missed opportunities for early intervention. This current study was executed to examine the Taiwanese version of the Screening Tool for Autism in Two-Year-Olds in detecting autism spectrum disorder in toddlers between 18 and 24 months of age. One strength of this study was the inclusion of toddlers with autism spectrum disorder or mild-autism spectrum disorder using the strict and relaxed (5th ed.) criteria for autism spectrum disorder simultaneously. The results of this study supported that diagnosis of toddlers with autism spectrum disorder could be made reliable before 24 months of age. And the Taiwanese version of the Screening Tool for Autism in Two-Year-Olds was a Level 2 autism-specific screening tool for toddlers aged from 18 to 24 months in Taiwan.
早期干预对自闭症谱系障碍幼儿的益处强调了早期诊断的重要性。自闭症谱系障碍的可靠诊断可以在 24 个月之前做出。然而，许多儿童在较晚的年龄被诊断出患有自闭症谱系障碍。对于症状较轻的儿童，可能会出现延迟诊断，并导致错失早期干预的机会。本研究旨在检验 24 个月龄婴幼儿自闭症筛查工具（Taiwanese version of the Screening Tool for Autism in Two-Year-Olds）在检测 18 至 24 个月大的幼儿自闭症谱系障碍方面的效果。本研究的一个优势是同时使用自闭症谱系障碍的严格和宽松（第 5 版）标准纳入自闭症谱系障碍或轻度自闭症谱系障碍的幼儿。本研究的结果支持在 24 个月之前可以可靠地诊断出自闭症谱系障碍的幼儿。并且，24 个月龄婴幼儿自闭症筛查工具（Taiwanese version of the Screening Tool for Autism in Two-Year-Olds）是台湾 18 至 24 个月大幼儿的二级自闭症特异性筛查工具。
