Autism diagnosis into the scope of coverage

03, 04, 2016 month

Source: southern daily

On April 2, this year is the ninth "world autism awareness day". , good news that the new 20 items can be included in the national basic medical insurance to pay limits of rehabilitation projects, children under 6 years old autistic diagnosis interview assessment scale was included. In an interview with southern daily, China's famous child development behavior expert, professor xiao-bing zou said on April 1, China's autism launched the service platform, it will help more patients' families.

Recently, people club department, the state development planning commission, the ministry of civil affairs, ministry of finance, China disabled persons' federation and other departments jointly issued "on the part of the medical rehabilitation projects included in the scope of basic medical insurance payment notice, request on June 30 everywhere will" rehabilitation comprehensive assessment "and other 20 rehabilitation project in medical insurance to pay limits. According to the third affiliated hospital of zhongshan university of child development center director professor xiao-bing zou introduced, included in the new project for six suspected autism children under the age of "autism diagnostic interview scale (ADI) assessment".

Xiao-bing zou, ADI interview questionnaire by doctors and parents in the form of interview, collect a child's development information and symptoms. The process depending on the doctor's professional level is different, will cost about 1 hour to 3 hours. He suggested that in the case of China has not yet universal ADI interview scale, perhaps the social rehabilitation of autism, cognition, behavior modification and rehabilitation into the reimbursement of medical insurance will be better.

Xiao-bing zou forward guangdong first tried out for the province, according to health care in the rehabilitation project of interpretation. Such as one to one, a pair of 2, one-to-many respectively how to collect fees, what is the rate of length, etc.

In September 2015, the world health organization (who) in zhongshan to head the research "global developmental disabilities child family rehabilitation national teacher training", 16 national teacher training in China. At that time, China will be able to diagnose autism experts in less than 300. And the October launch of China's first comprehensive introduction of autism industry report - the development of Chinese children with autism condition report revealed that 0 to 14 years old autistic children may be more than 2 million, how to make the diagnosis and rehabilitation training into more ordinary families are in urgent need of solve the problem.

For judgment of children with autism symptoms, usual international standard including social communication disorders, narrow interest and repeat stereotyped behavior, etc. Many worry that children with autism's parents came to zhongshan child development centre, the research and hopes to be able to diagnose for their children xiao-bing zou.

Long in the front line of clinical xiao-bing zou came up with an idea, it is using the domestic existing in the process of diagnosis and rehabilitation of children with autism information, electronic rehabilitation platform to build a autistic children. The author learned that on April 1, China launched the service platform, autism can give more help autistic children.

He introduces, electronic platform, a set of autism commonly used interrogation method based on internationally recognized produced by questionnaire, let parents before fill in. "Your children with language?" "Children will call mom and dad?" ...... This questionnaire will include the similar question from 100 to 300, completion time for at least half an hour.

In xiao-bing zou's view, the questionnaire is detailed, in the case of limited resources is a good supplement. Parents completed the questionnaires, the electronic platform can be evaluated according to the situation of children diagnose. Assessment is completed, the system can automatically generate the personalized training program for children. In the conception of the electronic platform, xiao-bing zou hopes to launch mobile terminal, in order to help more children and families in the rural. (reporter/shan Cao Si Xiu-ting li correspondent/Jiang Lan Mr Hong intern/Li Qixia)