These Children Considered Autistic May Be Misdiagnosed

One subset of children frequently believed to have autism may be misdiagnosed because some of the social impairments associated with their developmental delay looks like features of autism, according to a new paper.  The children have a genetic disorder called 22q11.2 deletion syndrome and their prevalence of autism has been reported as high as 50 percent, using what is called 'gold-standard' diagnostic criteria. But the researchers found that none of the children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome "met strict diagnostic criteria" for autism.   read more

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