Test Flags Babies With Autism, But Also Feeds False Alarms
NPR:
Pediatricians can use a five-minute questionnaire to identify many 1-year-olds with autism, according to a new study in Journal of Pediatrics.
But the screening test also flags a whole lot of babies who aren’t autistic.
Even so, the result provides “an exciting proof of concept,” says Thomas Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health, in a statement. NIMH helped pay for the study.
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