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Title: | Imitation assessment and its utility to the diagnosis of autism: Evidence from consecutively clinical preschool referrals for suspected autism | Authors: | VANVUCHELEN, Marleen Roeyers, Herbert De Weerdt, Willy |
Issue Date: | 2011 | Source: | Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 41 (4), p. 484-496 | Abstract: | The present study sought to examine imitation difficulties as a risk factor for autism. Imitation aptitude was examined in 86 preschoolers suspected of autism (1.9–4.5 years) using the Preschool Imitation and Praxis Scale (PIPS). Differences between imitation, language, motor age-equivalents and nonverbal mental age were used to predict the diagnosis of autism. Multidisciplinary team diagnoses and ADOS-G classifications were used to differentiate children with autism spectrum disorders and nonspectrum developmental disorders. Two factors were found to be significantly associated with autism using simple logistic regression analyses: procedural imitation delay and receptive language delay. In a multivariable setting, only procedural imitation delay remained a significant predictor of autism. Results are new to the literature and require replications. | Keywords: | Bodily and procedural imitation; Assessment Core deficit; Differential diagnosis; Preschool Imitation and Praxis Scale (PIPS); Cohort type diagnostic accuracy study | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/13244 | ISSN: | 0162-3257 | e-ISSN: | 1573-3432 | DOI: | 10.1007/s10803-010-1074-z | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution |
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