| Autor: |
Parish-Morris J; Center for Autism Research. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 3535 Market Street, Suite 860, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 USA., Cieri C; Linguistic Data Consortium. University of Pennsylvania 3600 Market Street, Suite 810, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 USA., Liberman M; Linguistic Data Consortium. University of Pennsylvania 3600 Market Street, Suite 810, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 USA., Bateman L; Center for Autism Research. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 3535 Market Street, Suite 860, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 USA., Ferguson E; Center for Autism Research. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 3535 Market Street, Suite 860, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 USA., Schultz RT; Center for Autism Research. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 3535 Market Street, Suite 860, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 USA. |
| Abstrakt: |
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental condition that would benefit from low-cost and reliable improvements to screening and diagnosis. Human language technologies (HLTs) provide one possible route to automating a series of subjective decisions that currently inform "Gold Standard" diagnosis based on clinical judgment. In this paper, we describe a new resource to support this goal, comprised of 100 20-minute semi-structured English language samples labeled with child age, sex, IQ, autism symptom severity, and diagnostic classification. We assess the feasibility of digitizing and processing sensitive clinical samples for data sharing, and identify areas of difficulty. Using the methods described here, we propose to join forces with researchers and clinicians throughout the world to establish an international repository of annotated language samples from individuals with ASD and related disorders. This project has the potential to improve the lives of individuals with ASD and their families by identifying linguistic features that could improve remote screening, inform personalized intervention, and promote advancements in clinically-oriented HLTs. |
