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Diagnostic assessment in a sample of autistic and developmentally impaired adolescents
1Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre Alfred Binet, Paris, France.
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
|December 1, 1992
Abstract:
A sample of 43 autistic and developmentally impaired adolescents were assessed with the Autism Diagnostic Interview (ADI), DSM-III-R criteria, and the clinician's diagnosis. DSM-III-R criteria for autism have low specificity and agree poorly with the other two definitions. Detailed results of the ADI are provided that confirm the usefulness and discriminant validity of this semi-structured diagnostic interview in a sample of very retarded autistic subjects.