A Basic Study on the Development of Early Diagnosis Assessment for Autism Spectrum Disorder: Focusing on FGI

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to develop a tool for early diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder through focus group interviews. Method: In order to achieve this research purpose, experts composed of special education and psychiatry specialists were interviewed. Through this, important factors and directions for development were set up to diagnose autism spectrum disorder early. Results: As a result of focus group interviews with diagnostic experts, 1) the utilization status and limitations of early diagnosis tools for ASD were ① difficulties in linking and accumulating diagnosis results, ② difficulties in accessing diagnosis results; 2) Regarding the online evaluation-based evaluation tool, the key contents of ① the usefulness of the online-based evaluation tool and ② how to utilize the evaluation results were analyzed. Additionally, 3) regarding the connection between the diagnostic tool and the support profile, the key contents of ① development direction and ② utilization plan of the diagnostic tool and support profile were analyzed. The study analyzed the current status and limitations of early diagnosis tools for autism spectrum disorder, the usefulness and utilization plan of online evaluation, and the development direction and utilization plan of diagnostic tools. Conclusion: Based on the direction and important factors of early diagnosis tools for autism spectrum disorder identified in this study, we would like to present the development direction and implications of future research.