Table 4 Percentage of children with neurological disorders identified by each informant and by both informants as presenting with a particular ASSQ item, and level of agreement reported as kappa values (n = 99)
From: Autism spectrum symptoms in children with neurological disorders
Social difficulties, % | Parentsa | Teachersa | Co-id.a | Kappaa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
  Lives in own world | 14.1 | 17.2 | 6.1 | .275 |
  No social fit in language | 16.2 | 14.1 | 5.1 | .215 |
  Lacks empathy | 9.1 | 7.1 | 2.0 | .185 |
  Naïve remarks | 11.1 | 6.1 | 3.0 | .298 |
  Deviant style of gaze | 7.1 | 6.1 | 2.0 | .259 |
  Fails to make friends | 12.1 | 11.1 | 3.0 | .164 |
  Sociable on own terms only | 10.1 | 8.1 | 2.0 | .145 |
  Lacks best friend | 21.2 | 17.2 | 10.1 | .415 |
  Lacks common sense | 12.1 | 10.1 | 6.1 | .489 |
  Poor at games, own rules | 18.4 | 19.4 | 10.2 | .434 |
  Bullied by other children | 7.1* | 1.0 | 1.0 | .237 |
Motor/tics/OCD, % | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Different voice/speech | 5.1 | 7.1 | 2.0 | .291 |
  Clumsy | 15.2 | 17.2 | 7.1 | .330 |
  Involuntary movements | 5.1 | 3.0 | 0.0 | -.040 |
  Compulsory repetitive | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -.016 |
  Insists on no change | 8.3* | 2.1 | 2.1 | .379 |
  Idiosyncratic attachment | 7.1 | 5.1 | 2.0 | .291 |
  Unusual facial expression | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | -.016 |
  Unusual posture | 3.0 | 5.1 | 0.0 | -.039 |
Autistic style, % | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Old-fashioned or precocious | 19.2 | 9.1 | 3.0 | .104 |
  Eccentric professor | 2.0 | 0.0 |  |  |
  Accumulate facts | 10.1 | 4.0 | 1.0 | .090 |
  Literal understanding | 7.1 | 4.1 | 1.0 | .137 |
  Robotlike language | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | .490 |
  Idiosyncratic words | 6.1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -.031 |
  Uneven abilities | 15.3 | 7.1 | 3.1 | .194 |