- Recommendation ID
- CG128/2
- Question
- Gathering information in schools or nurseries:- Does routine additional information from educational settings (such as nursery or school) improve accuracy in diagnosing autism among children or young people up to the age of 19 compared with signs and symptoms alone?
- Any explanatory notes
(if applicable) - Why this is important:- Autism is primarily characterised by difficulties in social reciprocity, social communication and social understanding, along with rigid and repetitive ways of thinking and behaving. Diagnostic accuracy may be improved by interpreting information about how the child or young person presents in social settings away from the home and immediate family.
Nurseries or schools are the most obvious settings from which such information may be collected. However, the degree to which information from teachers and schools helps in accurate diagnosis has not been well tested.
Source guidance details
- Comes from guidance
- Autism spectrum disorder in under 19s: recognition, referral and diagnosis
- Number
- CG128
- Date issued
- September 2011
Other details
| Is this a recommendation for the use of a technology only in the context of research? | No |
| Is it a recommendation that suggests collection of data or the establishment of a register? | No |