Screening, Diagnosis and Early Intervention in Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Children (Basel)

Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain.

Published: January 2022

The increment of prevalence is among the most important changes that have taken place in recent years with regard to Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD); in the 1970s and 1980s of the 20th century, the prevalence of ASD was estimated to be 4/10,000 [...].

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