Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 5 , Pages 474-483, May 2009

Timing of Identification Among Children With an Autism Spectrum Disorder: Findings From a Population-Based Surveillance Study

Dr. Shattuck is with the Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis; Dr. Durkin and Mr. Maenner are with the Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Dr. Newschaffer is with the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Drexel University; Dr. Mandell is with the Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Drs. Giarelli and Pinto-Martin are with the School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania; Ms. Wiggins, Dr. Rice, and Mr. Baio are with the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Dr. Kirby is with the Department of Community and Family Health, University of South Florida; Dr. Lee is with the Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Cuniff is with the University of Arizona College of Medicine

Accepted 24 November 2008.

Disclosure: Dr. Ricè serves as a trainer for professionals in the assessment of autism spectrum disorders using the Autism Diagnostic Observation Scale. The other authors report no conflicts of interest.

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 This work was supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cooperative Agreements UR3/CCU523235 and UR3/DD000078, the University of Wisconsin's Waisman Center (T32 HD07489), and the Washington University Center for Mental Health Services Research (P30 MH068579). Additional funding for graduate student support for data analysis was provided by the University of Wisconsin.These data were collected under a cooperative agreement funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The findings and conclusions in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.This article is the subject of an editorial by Dr. Eric Fombonne in this issue.

PII: S0890-8567(09)60065-4

doi:10.1097/CHI.0b013e31819b3848

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 5 , Pages 474-483, May 2009

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