Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Ecuador: A Pilot Study in Quito

Autor/inn/en	Dekkers, Laura M.; Groot, Norbert A.; Díaz Mosquera, Elena N.; Andrade Zúñiga, Ivonne P.; Delfos, Martine F.
Titel	Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Ecuador: A Pilot Study in Quito
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 45 (2015) 12, S.4165-4173 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-015-2559-6
Schlagwörter	Incidence; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Clinical Diagnosis; Mainstreaming; Foreign Countries; Children; Adolescents; Ecuador + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vorkommen; Autismus; Ausland; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher
Abstract	This research presents the results of the first phase of the study on the prevalence of pupils with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in regular education in Quito, Ecuador. One-hundred-and-sixty-one regular schools in Quito were selected with a total of 51,453 pupils. Prevalence of ASD was assessed by an interview with the rector of the school or its delegate. Results show an extremely low prevalence of 0.11 % of pupils with any ASD diagnosis; another 0.21 % were suspected to have ASD, but were without a diagnosis. This low prevalence suggests that children and adolescents with ASD are not included in regular education in Quito. These results are discussed in the light of low diagnostic identification of ASD and low inclusion tolerance. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01