What Should an Evaluation for Autism Look Like? | Child Mind Institute

An autismdiagnosis covers a spectrum of children with a wide range of skills and impairments. Because of this, thedevelopmental disorder can look very different from child to child. Many experts who diagnose and treat children with autism like to say, “If you’ve seen one child with autism, you’ve seen one child with autism.”
The diversity ofautism spectrum disorder (ASD) can make it difficult to correctly diagnose. Sometimes autistic children are mistakenly diagnosed with a different disorder, like ADHD, or are told that nothing is wrong. Other times kids are diagnosed as autistic when they actually aren’t.
That’s why it’s important for parents to know what the components of an autism diagnosis should be: What kinds of information should a clinician who’s evaluating your child be considering? How can you know whether your clinician is following best practices in doing an autism assessment?
In this video you'll learn:
- How is autism diagnosed?
- What should an autism evaluation include?
- Who can do an autism assessment?
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