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Handbook of Assessment and Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder

Part of the book series: Autism and Child Psychopathology Series ((ACPS))

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Abstract

Intellectual deficits (ID) co-occur at high rates with autism. Additionally ID is the factor most identified with poor prognosis for persons with autism. This chapter reviews methods used to assess ID. This chapter reviews methods used to assess ID, and how these assessments interface with autism.

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    Chieko Kanai, Takashi Itahashi & Nobumasa Kato

  2. Department of Education and Child Studies, Sagami Women’s University, 2-1-1 Bunkyo, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, 252-0383, Japan

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Kanai, C., Toth, G., Itahashi, T., Hashimoto, R., Kato, N. (2016). Intelligence. In: Matson, J.L. (eds) Handbook of Assessment and Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Autism and Child Psychopathology Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27171-2_20

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