Brief report: Autism in individuals with Down syndrome

Starr E., Berument S., Tomlins M., Papanikolaou K., Rutter M.

JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS, cilt.35, sa.5, ss.665-673, 2005 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 35 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2005
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s10803-005-0010-0
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.665-673
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: autism, Down syndrome, severe mental retardation, DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE, PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS, PSYCHIATRIC-DISORDERS, INFANTILE-AUTISM, CHILDREN, ABNORMALITIES, SPECTRUM, BEHAVIOR
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

As an off-shoot of a study examining the reliability and validity of an adapted version of the Pre-Linguistic Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (A-PL-ADOS), 13 individuals with Down syndrome with IQs ranging between 24 and 48 were administered the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R) and the A-PL-ADOS, which are well-validated interview and observational diagnostic measures. Three out of 13 met lifetime criteria on the ADI-R, but none of these three showed behavior that met the criterion for autism on the APL-ADOS (although two nearly did so). However, two individuals did meet the A-PL-ADOS criterion and showed behavior that fell only just short of meeting lifetime criteria on the ADI-R. Altogether, 5 individuals with Down syndrome may be considered to show an autism spectrum disorder. Of the remaining 8, some showed a few autistic features, and some showed none. The findings raise both methodological and conceptual issues.