tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743746633913926150.post2800445269702230729..comments2024-03-12T07:00:44.143-04:00Comments on CHILDMYTHS: Very Early Diagnosis of Autism Is Still Not an OptionJean Mercerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619393019771381980noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743746633913926150.post-85812643180372451502015-11-16T11:12:48.271-05:002015-11-16T11:12:48.271-05:00First of all, there are going to be a lot of varia...First of all, there are going to be a lot of variations in this association. Autistic children act "typical" a large proportion of the time, and typical children act "autistic" quite often. Second, before such a test could be useful, it would be necessary to have tested large numbers of babies at different ages and established norms for visual preferences, which are going to be different at different ages. Keep in mind, too, that children who are diagnosed as autistic at an early age are quite often found to be typically-developing in another year or two-- many false positives, but I confess I know nothing about false negatives here.Jean Mercerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14619393019771381980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2743746633913926150.post-65636325812412156112015-11-16T08:23:13.010-05:002015-11-16T08:23:13.010-05:00What about this computer program that tracks eye m...What about this computer program that tracks eye movement and allowed to detect a very high correlation between a strongly marked preference for shapes rather than persons and autism?oranoreply@blogger.com