Autism Spectrum Disorders emerge early and persist throughout life, contributing significantly to global years lived with disability. Typically, an autism diagnosis depends on clinical assessments by highly trained professionals. This high resource demand poses a challenge in resource-limited areas where skilled personnel are scarce and awareness of neurodevelopmental disorder symptoms is low. We have developed and tested a novel app, START, that can be administered by non-specialists to assess several domains of the autistic phenotype (social, sensory, motor functioning) through direct observation and parent report.
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We have demonstrated the potential and proof of principle for a tablet-based app for assessing autistic children that can be administered by non-specialist health workers with minimal training. The eventual goal for this platform is its incorporation into a routine health surveillance system to help identify children with- or at risk of neurodevelopmental disorders.
Prof Bhismadev Chakrabarti (University of Reading)
Project Principal Investigator
Dr. Gauri Divan
Sangath Principal Investigator
Dr Jayashree Dasgupta
Project Director
For further details please write to us at gauri.divan@sangath.in
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