The Checklist in Communication and Language presented herein was elaborated to assess specificities of two distinct groups: the autistic spectrum disorders and other languages development alterations. With this objective, it was applied in 60 participants divided into two groups: 20 subjects with autistic spectrum disorders (M=7, 11) and 40 with language development alterations (M=4, 10). The statistical analysis held after application was the Chi-Square distribution test to assess the content validity and to determine what questions should be removed of the instrument for not being significant. The other tests used were the Kappa Index Agreement and Mann-Whitney test. The Checklist indicated sensibility of 90% and specificity of 97,5%, which demonstrates viability to be used as an auxiliary tool in detecting the autistic spectrum disorders.
Checklist; Communication; Language; Autistic spectrum disorders
