Melbourne scientists create new screening test to help diagnose autism in babies

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Melbourne scientists have developed new technology that is set to help diagnose autism around three years earlier than current tests. 9News

Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that impacts how people interact with the world around them.

"Parents, when they raise queries with doctors, are often told to wait and see until the child is three or four years of age. So we really want to lower that age of diagnosis," Associate Professor Barbaro said. "For example, inconsistent and infrequent eye contact, responding to others, imitation, play or pretend play," Associate Professor Barbaro said.

The new test is already being used by child health nurses in several Australian states and 10 countries overseas.

 

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It took 15 years of under qualified paediatricians to diagnose me, this 'doctor or scientist' is absolutely dreaming, it's different in all of us, teach the doctors to do their job and stop failing autistic people ausgov

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