ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2015
Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Ecuador: A Pilot Study in Quito.
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- Modifiable Nutritional Biomarkers in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Vitamin D, BInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025Pooled it
- The global prevalence of autism spectrum disorder: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2022Pooled it
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- Gut microbiota and urine metabolomics signature in autism spectrum disorder children from Southern China.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- The global prevalence of autism spectrum disorder in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Osong public health and research perspectives · 2025Article
- Feasibility of an observational procedure to enhance early identification of autism spectrum disorder in paediatric settings: A mixed-methods study on an Ecuadorian sample.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2024Article
- Intercontinental insights into autism spectrum disorder: a synthesis of environmental influences and DNA methylation.Environmental epigenetics · 2024Review
- Experiences and Attitudes on Early Identification Practices of Autism: A Preliminary Survey of Pediatric Professionals in Ecuador.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Perception, Beliefs, and Causal Attribution of Autism Early Signs in Ecuadorian General Population.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Epidemiological surveys of ASD: advances and remaining challenges.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2021Review
- Analysis of gut microbiome, nutrition and immune status in autism spectrum disorder: a case-control study in Ecuador.Gut microbes · 2020Article
- Temporal and Geographical Variability of Prevalence and Incidence of Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnoses in Children in Catalonia, Spain.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2019Article
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Abstract
This research presents the results of the first phase of the study on the prevalence of pupils with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in regular education in Quito, Ecuador. One-hundred-and-sixty-one regular schools in Quito were selected with a total of 51,453 pupils. Prevalence of ASD was assessed by an interview with the rector of the school or its delegate. Results show an extremely low prevalence of 0.11 % of pupils with any ASD diagnosis; another 0.21 % were suspected to have ASD, but were without a diagnosis. This low prevalence suggests that children and adolescents with ASD are not included in regular education in Quito. These results are discussed in the light of low diagnostic identification of ASD and low inclusion tolerance.
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