Validated at home: A 2025 study of the TELE-ASD-PEDS tool across a large, diverse sample found in-home tele-assessment for autism in toddlers to be valid, reliable, feasible, and acceptable to caregivers.
Read the study (PMC)Comparable to in-person evaluation: A systematic review found telehealth autism assessments largely comparable to in-person assessments, with diagnostic agreement of 80 to 88.2 percent across studies.
Read the review (Springer)Naturalistic observation matters: Research on recorded home-based screening shows that parent-captured videos of everyday activities let clinicians observe children in familiar, naturalistic environments, with good validity against gold-standard in-person assessment.
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