What Parents Need to Know About Autism Screening and Early Treatment

JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Aug 1;178(8):844. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.1324.

Authors

Vijay Vasudevan¹, Anne Nagel¹, Lindsay A Thompson²

Affiliations

¹ Autism Speaks, Public Health Department, Washington, DC.
² Department of Pediatrics, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

PMID: 38913370
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.1324

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This JAMA Pediatrics Patient Page describes autism screening for children and how to access therapies.

Publication types

Patient Education Handout

MeSH terms

Autism Spectrum Disorder / diagnosis
Autism Spectrum Disorder / therapy
Autistic Disorder* / diagnosis
Autistic Disorder* / therapy
Child
Child, Preschool
Early Diagnosis
Humans
Mass Screening / methods