Analysis and Conclusions around the Evaluation of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Abstract

This research aims to deepen the most frequent warning signs of children diagnosed with ASD, taking into account their level of linguistic development. We analyze the results obtained from a sample of 142 children evaluated in the last five years in the Servicio de Psicomotricidad, Universidad de La Laguna. The instrument we use is the ADOS-2, and to perform the statistical analysis, we make use of the SPSS. The conclusions obtained refer to the absence of language during the first 3 years and an increase in the percentage of subjects with language acquired from this age; the limited use of the gaze, little use of facial expressiveness and limited gesture in social interaction; or the lack of response when called by name only in subjects lacking language, such as some of the most obvious characteristics in people with ASD. In general, variables in social interaction are more closely related to each other than in the other evaluated areas.