Abstract

MIRANDA, Belén Roselló; MIRA GADEA, Álvaro; GARCIA CASTELLAR, Rosa  and  MIRANDA CASAS, Ana. Estabilidad diagnóstica de niños con trastorno del espectro autista en la adolescencia (TEA). Funcionamiento ejecutivo, socio-adaptativo y conductual. Medicina (B. Aires) [online]. 2022, vol.82, suppl.1, pp.43-47. ISSN 0025-7680.

The characteristics of individuals with persis tent ASD (ASD-P) and remittent ASD (ASD-R) are little known. This longitudinal study had threeobjectives1) To determine the persistence and recovery in children with autism spectrum disorder diagnosis in adolescence: 2) To compare executive functioning (EF), socio-adaptive and behavioral manifestations of ASD-P and ASD-R adolescents; and 3) to identify the percentage of normalized individuals in ADS-P and ADS-R groups in EF, socio-adaptive and behavioral manifestation in childhood and adolescence. The sample at T1 was comprised of 45 children with ASD (aged 7-11), maintaining 32 ASD diagnosis five years later. Parents and teachers completed questionnaires on EF, theory of mind, socio-adaptive and behavior difficulties, at both time points. The ASD-P group presented significantly more problems than group ASD-Rand showed worst evolution in EF, socio-adaptive and behavioral domains. Our findings highlight the variability of developmental trajectories of children with ASD.

Keywords : ASD; Diagnostic stability; Longitudinal study; Follow-up.

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