What is that questionnaire called that you can do yourself to indicate whether a young child is on the spectrum?

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Hi, I remember from when my DS was younger that there was a multiple choice type questionnare you can fill in yourself on the internet to show indications of ASD in a young child - around 18 months I think.
I said I would look it up for a friend but cant remember what its called!
Its one where a higher mark would indicate its more likely to be on the spectrum and you can take the test results to HV or GP to ask for further assessment.

Does something liek this still exist?

Thanks

the CHAT test

is it this one?www.childbrain.com/pddassess.html

just did the questionare for dd2 and it came up with 'moderate pdd' what is pdd ?

I think its a term used more in the Us to indicate a higher functioning type of autism or someone who doesnt quite meet all the criteria but has some traits. I think it means pervasive developmental disorder

Marne, google will tell you better but it stands for pervasive developmental disorder.

"Pervasive" disorders mean disorders that don't just affect one element of development.

So I think "pervasive" is used in contrast to "specific" (as in "specific language impairment").

I've just done it too - a lot more honestly and knowledgeably than a year ago - and it came up with 48 meaning "no PDD". But then I realised that to qualify as having PDD you only need to get 50!!!!! 150+is severe.

Dd's score was 140.

I googled PDD and all i can come up with is that it seems to be a term used a lot for children who are seen as to young to diagnose with ASD, DD2 seemed to tick mostly 'mild'and 'moderate' for most of the questions apart from the language which was mainly 'severe'. I know these things are not really a diagnosis as such but its interesting. Yesterday we were told by dd's pead that they can not say where she is on the spectrum due to her still developing but they suspect HFA, i have never herd of the term PDD.

I thought PDD stood for Pervasive Development Disorder and was the term which is used in the USA instead of ASD (autism spectrum disorder). I believe PDD-NOS (pervasive development disorder not otherwise specified) is what the US uses instead of Atypical Autism (which is used in europe) which is basically where a person has autistic behaviour but doesn't meet all the criteria on the DSM. PDD-NOS/Atypical Autism are still considered to be on the autism spectrum, in spite of not meeting all the criteria.

Also, in answer to the OP, you could also try the M-CHAT here:
www2.gsu.edu/~psydlr/Diana_L._Robins,_Ph.D..html
which is for children between 16 and 30 months. It also has a follow up interview which is helpful.

Thanks all, very helpful stuff

Thats a quick & easy test. DS2 scored 149.

Ds's score was 73.

Ticked mainly severe for the language questions.

I was surprised to see a question about spinning car wheels, Adam has always done this. He only recently, prob since xmas, started to "play" with his cars - pushing them along. But he still will often spin the wheels.

I just hadn't considered it to be a trait, its simply what Adam does

My DS1 scored 70 and said 'mild pdd'
He has Aspergers or as his paed calls it 'mild ASD' so it fits for him.

DD1 got 85. Fits my theory of AS tbh.

Actually think its quite a good tool. Any time its been talked about here people seem to agree with the outcome. I think its useful for showing parents that they are not deing deluded/paranoid when thinking their DC has/has not asd traits

DD1 scores 135 (although possibly conservative), but her Paed says she is not on the ASD spectrum

DS2 scored 164 (severe) and DS1 135 (moderate).