The diagnostic odyssey of autism: a cross-sectional study of 3 age cohorts of children from the 2016-2018 National Survey of Children's Health

• Main Authors: Allison Hanley (Author), Quynh C. Nguyen (Author), Deborah Golant Badawi (Author), Jie Chen (Author), Tianzhou Ma (Author), Natalie Slopen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Autism prevalence has increased rapidly in recent years, however, nationally representative estimates on the ages of first identification and intervention are out of date. Objectives: (1) To estimate the ages at which children with autism receive their first diagnosis, interventi...