In Developmental Pediatrics, we do lengthy assessments of children with possible developmental delay or suspected autism. A lot of it involves a box of toys, seeing how they play with toys, how they interact with us and their caregiver. I enjoy playing with toys. I also found it incredibly interesting how every child with autism is very different from other children with autism, yet there are core features they share in common. There are also a lot of questionnaires and scoring forms, but these are used as guides rather than as strict diagnostic tools.
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