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A Screening Questionnaire for Asperger Syndrome and Other High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders in School Age Children

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The high-functioning Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire (ASSQ) is a 27-item checklist for completion by lay informants when assessing symptoms characteristic of Asperger syndrome and other high-functioning autism spectrum disorders in children and adolescents with normal intelligence or mild mental retardation. Data for parent and teacher ratings in a clinical sample are presented along with various measures of reliability and validity. Optimal cutoff scores were estimated, using Receiver Operating Characteristic analysis. Findings indicate that the ASSQ is a useful brief screening device for the identification of autism spectrum disorders in clinical settings.

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  1. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Göteborg University, Sahlgren University Hospital, Annedals Clinics, S- 413 45, Göteborg, Sweden

    Stephan Ehlers & Christopher Gillberg

  2. Centre for Social and Communication Disorders, Elliott House, Bromley, United Kingdom

    Lorna Wing

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Ehlers, S., Gillberg, C. & Wing, L. A Screening Questionnaire for Asperger Syndrome and Other High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders in School Age Children. J Autism Dev Disord 29, 129–141 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023040610384

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