Judith Joseph, MD, MBA, child and adolescent psychiatry fellow at the Child Study Center at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City, interviews Dr. Catherine Lord, PhD, Director of the Center for Autism and the Developing Brain at NY Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Lord is a pioneer in diagnosing autism spectrum disorders. Her recent talk focused on the diagnosis of autism across the lifespan, from toddlerhood to adulthood.
Among other points, Dr. Lord spoke about the need for developing faster, easier, and cheaper methods of identifying children with Autsim Spectrum Disorders. With that in mind, she has been working with colleagues to develop a new screening interview.
Learn more about NYU Langone’s Child Study Center: http://www.nyulangone.org/locations/child-study-center
source
Autism, ADHA Articles and Videos