Standard screen misses majority of toddlers with autism

IN BRIEF

• A popular screening tool (M-CHAT) for autism misses more than 60 percent of children with the condition.
• The vast majority of children the screen does flag turn out not to have autism, but most have a related condition.
• Children with autism who screen positive as toddlers are diagnosed more than seven months earlier, on average, than those who are missed.

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