%0 Journal Article %T PARENT PERSPECTIVES AND PERCEPTIONS OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER DIAGNOSIS: A£¿SCOPING REVIEW %J Archive of "Paediatrics & Child Health". %D 2017 %R 10.1093/pch/pxx086.020 %X BACKGROUND: The growing number of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has created interest in examining the process and quality of ASD diagnostic assessments. Families of children with ASD are at the centre of the diagnostic process and their experiences arguably represent one of the most important facets to be explored. There is a growing body of literature examining parents perceptions and perspectives on the ASD diagnostic experience %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5804949/