Online autism diagnoses could expand access as remote tools perform well for many children

MedicalXpress | 五月 05, 2026

When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down clinics and forced face-to-face interactions behind masks, autism diagnoses for many children came to a halt. For Katherine Meltzoff, a professor of education at UC Riverside, the disruption exposed a critical gap and an opportunity. "We were trying to figure out how to adapt autism diagnostics to be done virtually," Meltzoff said.