Editing Asperger syndrome (section)

== Screening ==
Parents of children with Asperger syndrome can typically trace differences in their children's development to as early as 30 months of age.<ref name=Foster /> Developmental screening during a routine [[check-up]] by a [[general practitioner]] or pediatrician may identify signs that warrant further investigation.<ref name=NINDS /><ref name=McPart2006 /> The [[United States Preventive Services Task Force]] in 2016 found it was unclear if screening was beneficial or harmful among children in whom there are no concerns.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Siu AL, Bibbins-Domingo K, Grossman DC, Baumann LC, Davidson KW, Ebell M, García FA, Gillman M, Herzstein J, Kemper AR, Krist AH, Kurth AE, Owens DK, Phillips WR, Phipps MG, Pignone MP | title = Screening for Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young Children: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement | journal = JAMA | volume = 315 | issue = 7 | pages = 691–96 | date = February 2016 | pmid = 26881372 | doi = 10.1001/jama.2016.0018 | doi-access = free}}</ref>

Different screening instruments are used to diagnose AS,<ref name=NINDS /><ref name=EhlGill /> including the Asperger Syndrome Diagnostic Scale (ASDS); Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire (ASSQ); [[Childhood Autism Spectrum Test]] (CAST), previously called the Childhood Asperger Syndrome Test;<ref>The '''CAST''' has been renamed from the ''Childhood Asperger Syndrome Test'' to the ''[http://psychology-tools.com/cast/ Childhood Autism Spectrum Test]'', reflecting the removal of Asperger's Syndrome from the [[DSM-5]]. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703115109/http://psychology-tools.com/cast/|date=3 July 2013}}</ref> [[Gilliam Asperger's disorder scale]] (GADS); Krug Asperger's Disorder Index (KADI);<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Campbell JM | s2cid = 16437469 | title = Diagnostic assessment of Asperger's disorder: a review of five third-party rating scales | journal = Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | volume = 35 | issue = 1 | pages = 25–35 | date = February 2005 | pmid = 15796119 | doi = 10.1007/s10803-004-1028-4}}</ref> and the [[autism-spectrum quotient]] (AQ), with versions for children,<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Auyeung B, Baron-Cohen S, Wheelwright S, Allison C | title = The Autism Spectrum Quotient: Children's Version (AQ-Child) | journal = Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | volume = 38 | issue = 7 | pages = 1230–40 | date = August 2008 | pmid = 18064550 | doi = 10.1007/s10803-007-0504-z | s2cid = 12682486 | url = http://autismresearchcenter.com/docs/papers/2008_Auyeung_etal_ChildAQ.pdf | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090205170722/http://autismresearchcenter.com/docs/papers/2008_Auyeung_etal_ChildAQ.pdf | url-status = live | archive-date = 5 February 2009}}</ref> adolescents,<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Baron-Cohen S, Hoekstra RA, Knickmeyer R, Wheelwright S | title = The Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ)--adolescent version | journal = Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | volume = 36 | issue = 3 | pages = 343–50 | date = April 2006 | pmid = 16552625 | doi = 10.1007/s10803-006-0073-6 | url = http://autismresearchcenter.com/docs/papers/2006_BC_Hoekstra_etal_AQ-adol.pdf | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090205170712/http://autismresearchcenter.com/docs/papers/2006_BC_Hoekstra_etal_AQ-adol.pdf | archive-date = 5 February 2009 | citeseerx = 10.1.1.654.1966 | s2cid = 12934864}}</ref> and adults.<ref name="Cohenetal 2005">{{cite journal | vauthors = Woodbury-Smith MR, Robinson J, Wheelwright S, Baron-Cohen S | title = Screening adults for Asperger Syndrome using the AQ: a preliminary study of its diagnostic validity in clinical practice | journal = Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders| url = http://autismresearchcentre.com/docs/papers/2005_Woodbury-Smith_etal_ScreeningAdultsForAS.pdf | volume = 35 | issue = 3 | pages = 331–35 | date = June 2005 | pmid = 16119474 | doi = 10.1007/s10803-005-3300-7 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081217140624/http://autismresearchcentre.com/docs/papers/2005_Woodbury-Smith_etal_ScreeningAdultsForAS.pdf | url-status = dead | archive-date = 17 December 2008 | citeseerx = 10.1.1.653.8639 | s2cid = 13013701}}</ref> None have been shown to reliably differentiate between AS and other ASDs.<ref name=McPart2006 />