University trains doctors, nurses to diagnose autism

Vanderbilt University trained 27 pediatricians and nurse practitioners to evaluate children for autism and found during its three-year study that 90% of the time they made the same diagnosis as specialists. The program aims to reduce the wait time for evaluation in children showing symptoms of the developmental disability. Disability Scoop (7/15) http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2013/07/15/pediatrician-speed-diagnosis/18311/