The Practice of Diagnosing Autism Spectrum Disorder: the Case of Nehemiah Autism Center
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2019-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The purpose of this study was to assess the practice of diagnosing Autism spectrum disorder in the case of Nehemiah Autism Center. To do this, a case study research design was employed in qualitative approach. Data were gathered from the center. The researcher availed herself to employinterviews and reviewing documents; Developmental psychologist and BA Psychologists were interviewed to obtain the necessary data. Thematic data analysis was used, findings of the study revealed that there is a limited professional support in order to diagnose ASD. Diagnosing ASD was made by the two psychologists and both are used different instrument to diagnose children with ASD. Observation of children with ASD at the Nehemiah Autism center practice with general experience there is no standardized observation tool use in order to observing the children with ASD. Following the finding and the conclusions, it is recommended that those professional who diagnose ASD children at Nehemiah Autism Center must make sure to used standardized instrument for the diagnosing process. Hence, if the processes of diagnosing ASD are not correctly interpret then it hard to get a successful interpretation result.
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