Survey aims to improve autism detection
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A SURVEY of 100,000 Chinese schoolchildren aged between 6 and 12 identified 1,300 with previously undiagnosed autism spectrum disorders (ASD), a seminar heard over the weekend.
The youngsters were all pupils at “regular” schools in Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Wenzhou, Harbin, Changsha and Guangzhou, said Dr Wang Yi, vice president of the Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, who led the research.
It involved children and their teachers completing questionnaires, and any of the pupils who showed signs of ASD were then assessed by a doctor, he said.
“About 30,000 pupils had some indicators, but the number of actual ASD cases fell to 1,300 after medical screening,” he said.
The results of the survey were presented at a seminar on autism in the Asia-Pacific region.
Wang said the results will be used as the basis for clinical guidelines on ASD detection, intervention and treatment.
“We want to train doctors in community hospitals to be able to identify children with ASD as early as possible, as well as provide youngsters with a support network of parents, doctors and the community,” he said.
“The earlier a disorder is detected, the more we can do to help,” he said.
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