The prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder is currently 1 in 36 school-age children in the United States. Yet, the breadth of the spectrum is so broad and heterogeneous that it becomes perplexing as to how some individuals who are profoundly affected can carry the same diagnostic label as those with more subtle symptom expression. This workshop will help clinicians better understand the variability across the autism spectrum based symptom expression, levels of cognition and language, sex differences, emotional/behavioral regulation, and racial/ethnic differences. How to identify and differentiate the common co-occurring conditions will also be discussed. 

Learning Objectives: 

1. Recognize the key features of Autism Spectrum Disorder 
   
2. Discuss how autism symptom expression differs across individual profiles based on cognitive and language levels, sex differences, and emotional/behavioral regulation 
   
3. Identify common diagnostic differentials and overlapping symptomatology between ASD and related neurodevelopmental disorders