Differential Diagnosis and Co-morbidity in Autism Diagnosis

 This week, you will be viewing  a presentation by Dr. Sally Ozonoff concerning issues of co-morbidity in the diagnosis of ASD spectrum disorders. After viewing the  presentation, consider the ways in which Dr. Ozonoff  describes how co-morbidity can complicate the assessment and  differential diagnosis of ASD. Discuss how you would deal with this complicating factor in a  functional behavioral assessment: what methods and techniques can you use to mitigate the complicating factor of co-morbidity?. Here's the video:


Dr. Sallly Ozonoff on Psychiatric Comorbidity of ASD