Differential diagnosis of ASD for children under 36 months old : a clinical study of three 3 cases aged less than 36 months old

Abstract EN

The diagnostic procedure of autism spectrum disorder is very sensitive, particularly in early childhood.

Professionals usually find themselves in a stressful situation.

A practitioner's responsibility is even bigger and the majority of pedopsychiatrists and psychologists refuse to announce such a diagnosis.

What we suggest in the present communication is the outcomes of the therapy of three children, all aged around 24 months, provided with a misdiagnosis of autism who, after 6 months of therapy, demonstrated no autistic sign.

These children have raised the main problematic of the current study which revolves around the differential diagnosis of the young child.

The research at hand arrived at the importance of an intensive therapy, and of differentiating between virtual autism and autism spectrum disorder.