Antoinette Hodge, Rebecca Sutherland, Natalie Ong, Esther Chan, Diana Barnett, Beverley Bennett, Kelsie Boulton, Deanna Francis, Adam Guastella, Angela Papanicolaou, Gail Tomsic, Marcia Williamsz, Natalie Silove
PURPOSE: Appropriate early intervention is beneficial but dependent on accurate and timely diagnoses. This has been affected by long waiting lists for face-to-face clinical services, in part due to pandemic lockdowns, with telehealth introduced in many services to continue clinical services. This pilot clinical study investigated the feasibility of integrating a specially-designed telepractice autism assessment tool into a tertiary diagnostic service. METHOD: Eighteen boys (2;4-5;1) participated in the study...
December 18, 2023: International Journal of Speech-language Pathology