(early) tests and the results of it

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Hi there!

I don't know if there are people here who have had the same tests as my son had so I don't know if anyone can give me an answer to this.
There have been done 2 quations-lists : one is a CBCL test (availeble from an age of 1 year and 6 months) and the other one is a Auti-R wich I think is a dutch thing...
Now I've got his results in numbers here but I wonder what it can say about him for possible his future diagnose. I believe a lower score can mean more possibility of severe autism and a higher score could mean high functional autism? Or do I have the wrong vieuw here? Besides that I cannot seem to find more info about these tests and results from other parents. So I don't kow what the average results are and so on.
Only thing I know is with the CBCL- test the internalizing problems gave T-score of 65, a "decile" of 10 which would be high. the externalizing problems gave T-score 74 also 10 what would be very high. the total T-score of 66 aswell gave decile 10 "high".
Now with the Auti-R test he scored 129. In this test is said a score above 250 is neurotical, a score beneath 200 is revered to an autistic child. so B. is with his score of 129 beneath the 200.

Now I know his scores and what it in big lines means. But I still don't know what scores are seen most with what diagnose and what issues we can expect with it... I don't know when I see the orthopedic who did the examination again. But as I'd rather hear some answers out of experience then books I thought I'd ask this here.

Thanks in advance!!

How old is your kid? It's natural for us to want our kids to turn out the best but with an ASD diagnosis at a very young age, it's really impossible to predict the future. At this stage you should be assessing his strengths and weaknesses and helping him where he needs it.

Sorry but I am not familiar with that specific test you mention.

He is now 16,5 months the tests where done at 16 months
I know predicting the future is undoable that's not what I ment. I ment if there can be an indication on basis of his results. Helping him is ofcourse the nr 1 goal

Yes that cbcl-test has been done in the 16 months to 4 years version. Actually my son would be a little bit to young for the test but the results are in the numbers wich they said they can work with it, although perhaps in a less heavy weighing scale? (sorry if that's not the right English words.. hope you know what I mean) Thank you for explaining the average scores! Makes the indication more clear
I think the Auti-R is kind of the same as the ADI-R you talking about. As far as I could say from that artikel you linked, and other google-findings (wich are not much because everthing about it needs to be ordered by an professional which I think is actually very odd because it's all about the kids, not about the profs) anyway, As I could understand of it, it was a artikel about another (new?) test they are exploring about which would be about the same as the Auti-R but slightly different. in that other test intelligence wouldn't matter and the auti-r intelligence could influence the results. However, the lower the score the more clear the autism symptoms are that you where right:-)

Thanks for your answer and the link!!


Now I do wonder (owkey, I am wondering a lot of things...) If a score what points autism out so clear, is it possible becaus of his age (16,5 months) he could climb up and come out with no problems at all? perhaps in case of a slow learner, or just a silly boy with no need for contact etc.? just his character as some people tend to say.

Thank you all!

Well, he'll probably always be autistic. But there is a wide range of functioning with autism, and many autistics are quite capable. For example, Temple Grandin was nonverbal at 3 and classically autistic, but her development caught up later and she's now a world-renowned expert on animal behavior and speaker on autism. At 16 months it's pretty much impossible to predict where he'll be at when he's older.