The study assesses the potential value of response-to-name behavior as a screen for Autism Spectrum Disorders, or ASD, and other developmental disabilities. The researchers found that 75% of the at-risk children involved in the study, including younger siblings of children with autism, who did not respond to their name at age of 12 months, had developmental problems at age 2. While not all children who eventually developed autism exhibited this deficit, the finding raises the possibility that when taken together with other "red flags" such as lack of eye-contact and language delay, failure to respond to name by age 12 months could serve as an early indicator for children at risk for developing ASD.

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