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Sociodemographic, clinical characteristics, and service utilization of young children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder at a research center in Saudi Arabia

The road to autism spectrum disorder diagnosis

Abdullah M. Alotaibi, Katelyn A. Craig, Taghreed M. Alshareef, Elham S. AlQathmi, Sarah M. Aman, Hesham M. Aldhalaan and Cheryl L. Oandasan
Saudi Medical Journal August 2021, 42 (8) 878-885; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.8.20210297
Abdullah M. Alotaibi
From the Department of Applied Behavior Analysis (Alotaibi); from the Center for Autism Research (Craig, AlQathmi, Aman, Aldhalaan); from the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Scientific Computing (Alshareef); from the Department of Mental Health (Oandasan), King Fahad National Center for Children’s Cancer, Center for Autism Research, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Katelyn A. Craig
From the Department of Applied Behavior Analysis (Alotaibi); from the Center for Autism Research (Craig, AlQathmi, Aman, Aldhalaan); from the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Scientific Computing (Alshareef); from the Department of Mental Health (Oandasan), King Fahad National Center for Children’s Cancer, Center for Autism Research, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Taghreed M. Alshareef
From the Department of Applied Behavior Analysis (Alotaibi); from the Center for Autism Research (Craig, AlQathmi, Aman, Aldhalaan); from the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Scientific Computing (Alshareef); from the Department of Mental Health (Oandasan), King Fahad National Center for Children’s Cancer, Center for Autism Research, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Elham S. AlQathmi
From the Department of Applied Behavior Analysis (Alotaibi); from the Center for Autism Research (Craig, AlQathmi, Aman, Aldhalaan); from the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Scientific Computing (Alshareef); from the Department of Mental Health (Oandasan), King Fahad National Center for Children’s Cancer, Center for Autism Research, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Sarah M. Aman
From the Department of Applied Behavior Analysis (Alotaibi); from the Center for Autism Research (Craig, AlQathmi, Aman, Aldhalaan); from the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Scientific Computing (Alshareef); from the Department of Mental Health (Oandasan), King Fahad National Center for Children’s Cancer, Center for Autism Research, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Hesham M. Aldhalaan
From the Department of Applied Behavior Analysis (Alotaibi); from the Center for Autism Research (Craig, AlQathmi, Aman, Aldhalaan); from the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Scientific Computing (Alshareef); from the Department of Mental Health (Oandasan), King Fahad National Center for Children’s Cancer, Center for Autism Research, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Cheryl L. Oandasan
From the Department of Applied Behavior Analysis (Alotaibi); from the Center for Autism Research (Craig, AlQathmi, Aman, Aldhalaan); from the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Scientific Computing (Alshareef); from the Department of Mental Health (Oandasan), King Fahad National Center for Children’s Cancer, Center for Autism Research, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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vol. 42 no. 8 878-885
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.8.20210297
PubMed 
34344812

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received April 19, 2021
  • Accepted June 28, 2021
  • Published online August 2, 2021.

Copyright & Usage 
Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work.

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  1. Abdullah M. Alotaibi, BCBA⇑,
  2. Katelyn A. Craig, BCBA,
  3. Taghreed M. Alshareef, BSc,
  4. Elham S. AlQathmi, BSc,
  5. Sarah M. Aman, Dip,
  6. Hesham M. Aldhalaan, MD and
  7. Cheryl L. Oandasan, MD, FRCPC
  1. From the Department of Applied Behavior Analysis (Alotaibi); from the Center for Autism Research (Craig, AlQathmi, Aman, Aldhalaan); from the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Scientific Computing (Alshareef); from the Department of Mental Health (Oandasan), King Fahad National Center for Children’s Cancer, Center for Autism Research, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Abdullah M. Alotaibi, Department of Applied Behavior Analysis, Autism Center of Excellence, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: aalotaibi1406{at}gmail.com ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5430-5625
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Saudi Medical Journal Aug 2021, 42 (8) 878-885; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2021.42.8.20210297
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