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The Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers: Reliability in a Diverse Rural American Sample
Published February 6, 2013
in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Researchers at Virginia Tech examine M-CHAT performance in a very low socio-economic status setting and find it lacks internal consistency across ethnic and educational groups. Caregivers who reported a low maternal educational level or with minority status were more likely to mark items suggestive of autism compared to those with higher maternal education or non-minority status
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23386118
Filed under: Autism Research, Diagnosis, Diagnostic Disparities, Family, featured, Toddlers