Research Article

Autism in Preschoolers: Does Individual Clinician’s First Visit Diagnosis Agree with Final Comprehensive Diagnosis?

Table 2

Individual assessor’s agreement with final diagnosis.

AssessorSame code as final diagnosis/number of assessments

Medical/neurologic-psychiatric
 114/20 (70%)
 22/2 (100%)
 31/3 (33%)
 44/9 (44%)
DQ
 12/3 (67%)
 23/9 (33%)
 32/9 (22%)
 49/13 (69%)
Language
 119/31 (61%)
 20/2 (0%)
DISCO
 114/17 (82%)
 22/6 (33%)
 34/9 (44%)
ADOS
 18/15 (53%)
 213/19 (69%)
Preschool/home
 111/19 (58%)
 212/15 (80%)

One child did not have language evaluation, and 2 did not have the DISCO.