New Autism Guidelines Miss The Mark

A/Prof Michael McDowell

writer

A/Prof Michael McDowell

Associate Professor, The University of Queensland

The first national guidelines for diagnosing autism were released for public consultation last week. The report by research group Autism CRC was commissioned and funded by the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in October 2016.

The NDIS has taken over the running of federal government early intervention programs that provide specialist services for families and children with disabilities. In doing so, they have inherited the problem of diagnostic variability. Biological diagnoses are definable. The genetic condition fragile X xyndrome, for instance, which causes intellectual disability and development problems, can be diagnosed using a blood test.

PASSWORD RESET

Forgot your password or password not working? Please enter your email address. You will receive an email with the link to set a new password.

Icon 2

NEXT LIVE Webcast

:
Days
:
Hours
:
Minutes
Seconds
Prof Tony Attwood

Prof Tony Attwood

Late Diagnosis Autism

Dr Robert Hungerford

Dr Robert Hungerford

Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Lipid Management

Dr Marita Long & Dr Talat Uppal

Dr Marita Long & Dr Talat Uppal

Q&A on Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Management

Prof Hubertus Jersmann

Prof Hubertus Jersmann

Spirometry for COPD - GP Guide

Join us for the next free webcast for GPs and healthcare professionals

High quality lectures delivered by leading independent experts

Share this

Share this

A/Prof Michael McDowell

writer

A/Prof Michael McDowell

Associate Professor, The University of Queensland

Test your knowledge

Recent articles

Latest GP poll

AHPRA's new CEO says he is committed to improving how complaints are handled. How likely is this to succeed?

Likely to succeed

0%

Unlikely to succeed

0%

Find your area of interest

Once you confirm you’ve read this article you can complete a Patient Case Review to earn 0.5 hours CPD in the Reviewing Performance (RP) category.

Select ‘Confirm & learn‘ when you have read this article in its entirety and you will be taken to begin your Patient Case Review.