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Bias in Assessment Instruments for Autism

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Standardized diagnostic tools are critical in terms of assessing Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). There is an increasing interest in how culture, sex, social economic status, and other factors affect the performance of concurrent gold standard instruments for the purpose of identifying autism spectrum disorder (ASD). While the performance of, for example, the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) (Rutter et al. 2012) and the Autism Diagnostic Interview (ADI-R) (Rutter et al. 2003) performs well in identifying individuals suspected of ASD, and especially when used to complement each other, little is known on the performance of the ADOS and the ADI-R in different cultures, ethnicities, and between sexes. Most of the instruments created for the purpose of identifying ASD are created and validated in the USA and Europe. However, they are often translated into a large range of languages for use in different cultures and ethnicities, without conducting validation studies...

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Øien, R.A., Nordahl-Hansen, A. (2018). Bias in Assessment Instruments for Autism. In: Volkmar, F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8_102217-1

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