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Determining Rates of Diagnosis and Access to Services in Medical Evaluation for Autism Spectrum Disorder
Principal Investigator: Dr. Takahiro Soda
Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine
Duration: May 2024 - Present
Research Focus: Autism
Project responsibilities include:
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Data collection,
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Data analysis,
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Result interpretation, and
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Publication writing

Autism diagnosis is facing setbacks due to a tiresome waitlist that prolongs diagnosis by years. New diagnostic tools have been made, but very few have been implemented long-term to evaluate its impact on the timeline. UF implemented the CARS-2 evaluation instead of the standard ADOS-2 and compared, retrospectively, the wait times for children from the day referred for a diagnosis until the day the initial evaluation is conducted.

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