Developmental Screening for Autism Spectrum Disorder
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a serious developmental nervous system disorder, and symptoms begin before the age of 3 years. According to the last survey by CDC in the U.S. in 2020, the overall ASD prevalence was one in 36 children aged 8 years and was 3.8 times as prevalent among boys as among girls. The average age of diagnosis in the U.S. is 5 years old while nearly 80%–90% of parents had seen problems by 24 months of age, so early screening evaluation by professionals is critical, and it makes a huge impact on children’s lives as intervention treatment plans can be started earlier.