ASDS Asperger Syndrome Diagnostic Scale

Brenda Myles, Stacy Jones-Bock, and Richard Simpson

Purpose: Helps you identify Asperger’s syndrome
Format: Paper and pencil
Age range: 5 years to 18 years
Time: 10-15 minutes

Qualification level: B

Description

The ASDS is a quick, easy-to-use rating scale that helps you determine whether a child or adolescent is likely to have Asperger’s syndrome.

Features and benefits

Fifty yes-or-no items, which represent behaviors symptomatic of Asperger’s syndrome, were drawn from five areas of behavior: cognitive, maladaptive, language, social, and sensorimotor.
Provides an AS Quotient that indicates the likelihood that an individual has Asperger’s syndrome.

Type	Kits, Manuals, books, and equipment, Forms and booklets
Detailed	4719-KT ASDS Kit includes ASDS Examiner's Manual and 50 Summary/Response Forms, 4720-TM ASDS Examiner's Manual, 4721-RF ASDS Summary/Response Forms (pkg/50)