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The Childhood Autism Spectrum Test, abbreviated as CAST and formerly titled the Childhood Asperger Syndrome Test, is a tool to screen for autism spectrum disorder in children aged 4–11 years, in a non-clinical setting. [1] It is also called the Social and Communication Development Questionnaire. [2]
More recently, versions of the AQ for children [2] and adolescents [3] have also been published. The test was popularised by Wired in December 2001 when published alongside their article, "The Geek Syndrome". [4] It is commonly used for self diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders, although it is not intended to be a diagnostic test. [5]
The scale was designed to help differentiate children with autism from those with other developmental delays, such as intellectual disability. Although there is no gold standard among rating scales in detecting autism, CARS is frequently used as part of the diagnostic process. [1]
The Gilliam Asperger's disorder scale (GADS) is a tool for assisting the diagnosis of Asperger syndrome. More specifically, it is a rating scale for behaviour, which can be used by either individuals or professionals, and is commonly used by school psychologists.
A 2003 review of epidemiological studies of children found autism rates ranging from 0.03 to 4.84 per 1,000, with the ratio of autism to Asperger syndrome ranging from 1.5:1 to 16:1; [142] combining the geometric mean ratio of 5:1 with a conservative prevalence estimate for autism of 1.3 per 1,000 suggests indirectly that the prevalence of AS ...
A 2018 Cochrane systematic review included 12 studies of ADOS diagnostic accuracy in pre-school children (Modules 1 and 2). The summary sensitivity was 0.94 (95% CI 0.89 to 0.97), with sensitivity in individual studies ranging from 0.76 to 0.98. The summary specificity was 0.80 (95% CI 0.68 to 0.88), with specificity in individual studies ...