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KMID : 0894920150150030001
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Journal of the Korean Association for Persons with Autism
2015 Volume.15 No. 3 p.1 ~ p.24
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Factors of Early Screening of Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Lee Kyung-Sook
Jung Suk-Jin
Park Jin-A
Shin Yee-Jin
Yoo Hee-Jeong
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Abstract
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The subjects of this study included 84 young (one to three years) children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their parents. The children’s early developmental characteristics, major problems reported by the parents, time when the problems were first recognized, time of the initial diagnosis, and people who recognized the problems were examined. According to the findings, the first diagnosis was made between 25 and 36 months among 51.1% of the children and between 19 and 24 months among 23.4%. The people who first recognized the problems were parents among 66.2% of the children and teachers at kindergartens or daycare centers among 15.4%. The reason why the problems were recognized was delayed language development among 36.2% of the children and no eye contact among 27.6% of the children. about 20% of the children had family history and 8.5% to 63.8% of the childrenreported sensory processing problems depending on sensory processing domains. In terms of the initial recognition of the problems, 28.3% of the parents recognized the problems before age of one year, 28.3%between 13 to 18 months, and 26.6% between 19 and 24 months. The first diagnose was retarded language development and retarded development among 28.1% each and ASD among 18.8%.
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KEYWORD
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autistic spectrum disorder, young children, early screening, time of problem recognition, chief complaints
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