e-Booklets
This page has electronic booklets or e-Booklets that summarise important information from the ASD Guideline. If you are a 'Referrer', the most important booklet to read is 'Does this person have ASD?' There are two more booklets you can also read as well as a summary of the entire guideline and papers that provide additional guideline recommendations on special topics, like applied behavour analysis.
Click on the cover or title to launch a viewer, or download a printable version. If the viewer is too small for you to read easily, click on the full screen symbol for a larger view.
A one-page fact sheet about ASD can be downloaded for parents and carers .
What does ASD look like?
This booklet is mainly for people who might make the first contact with a person who may have ASD. It lists basic signs and symptoms.
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How is ASD diagnosed?
This booklet describes the process of formal diagnosis of ASD by a specialist team.
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Does this person have ASD?
This booklet is mainly for people who make initial clinical assessments. It gives information about how to assess someone who may have ASD and gives information about how to refer someone for formal specialist diagnosis, if required.
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ASD Guideline Summary
The guideline summary presents key recommendations from each section of the guideline and a brief outline of the processes followed in developing it.
The full guideline is available for download here
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ASD Guideline Supplementary Paper - ABA
Supplementary recommendations on applied behaviour analysis (ABA)
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Guideline Supplementary Paper - Pharmacological Interventions
Supplementary recommendations on aripiprazole, citalopram and melatonin
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ASD Diagnostic Instruments Review
This review summarises diagnostic instruments that can be used to aid expert clinical judgment by teams diagnosing ASD
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ASD Diagnostic Instruments Summary
This 4 page summary précises the properties of diagnostic instruments for ASD. It is drawn from the ASD Diagnostic Instruments Review above
