Monday, December 27, 2010
When my son was diagnosed with autism it took about five hours of observation from a team of specialists as well as a battery of tests to assess everything from his speech to his hearing. The core of his testing was based upon a checklist of behaviors used to diagnose autism. The only problem with t...
I think these tests will become refined enough to indicate Autism, as well as other mental health conditions to a degree of accuracy much greater than 94%. While it doesn't seem like much, that last six percent is huge, it will be done once the interpretation of what one sees comes into line of what is. It is as great a learning process as becoming astute at observing a child and making a diagnosis currently.
To be accurate at say, infancy, with certainty, gives the parents and professionals much more time to work out a way to help the baby and the parents.
How one gets any child to sit still that long, will take a much longer time to figure out. :)