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Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised

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ADI-R

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The Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R; Le Couteur et al. 2003; Lord et al. 1994) is a standardized, semistructured, investigator-based interview administered by trained clinicians to parents or caregivers of individuals referred for a possible autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The ADI-R includes 93 items in three domains of functioning: communication; reciprocal social interactions; and restricted, repetitive, and stereotyped patterns of behavior, as well as other aspects of behaviors. All items in the ADI-R are coded for current and past behavior. Current refers to whether the behavior has occurred in the past 3 months. For some items, “past” refers to whether the behavior “ever” occurred, whereas others ask whether the behavior was present during a specifically defined period between 4 and 5 years of age (referred to as “most abnormal 4 to 5”).

Up to 42 of the interview items are systematically combined to produce a formal, diagnostic algorithm for...

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Abbreviations

ADOS:

Autism diagnostic observation schedule

ASD:

Autism spectrum disorders

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine, White Plains, NY, USA

    So Hyun Kim

  2. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Vanessa Hus Bal

  3. UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Catherine Lord

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  1. Yale Child Study Center, New Haven, CT, USA

    Fred R. Volkmar

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Kim, S.H., Bal, V.H., Lord, C. (2020). Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised. In: Volkmar, F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8_894-3

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