Are we ready for a test that could ‘pre-diagnose’ ‪#‎autism‬ in babies?

sAre we ready for a test that could ‘pre-diagnose’ ‪#‎autism‬ in babies

Are we ready for a test that could ‘pre-diagnose’ ‪#‎autism‬ in babies?

Imagine your baby is assessed for pre-diagnostic autism with an eye-tracking device, and you learn that he or she is is likely to be later diagnosed with autism.

What does that mean? How should we talk to parents about this? And bear in mind that autism is highly variable and has a very wide range of both symptom profile and age of onset, which complicates how accurate such an assessment can be.

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