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Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (CHAT)   To be used by GPs or Health Visitors during the 18 month developmental check-up. Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (CHAT)   Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (CHAT) - Deutsch Anke Prothmann, University of Leipzig, Clinic of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy.   Childhood Asperger Syndrome Test (CHAT) - Persian Marjan Saeb and Mohsen Anvari, University of Social Welfare & Rehabilitation, Department of Clinical Psychology, Tehran.   Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (CHAT) - Spanish Alexia Rattazzi, Psiquiatría Infantojuvenil (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry), INECO, Buenos Aires.   References:   G. Baird, T. Charman, A. Cox, S. Baron-Cohen, J. Swettenham, S. Wheelwright and A. Drew, (2001) Screening and surveillance for autism and pervasive developmental disorders Archives of Diseases in Childhood 84:468-475 G. Baird, A. Cox, T. Charman, S. Baron-Cohen, S. Wheelwright, J. Swettenham, A. Drew and N. Nightingale, (2000) A screening instrument for autism at 18 months of age: A six year follow-up study Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 39:694-702 S. Baron-Cohen, S. Wheelwright, A. Cox, G. Baird, T. Charman, J. Swettenham, A. Drew and P. Doehring, (2000) The early identification of autism: the Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (CHAT) Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 93:521-525 S. Baron-Cohen, A. Cox, G. Baird, J. Swettenham, A. Drew, N. Nightingale, K. Morgan and T. Charman, (1996) Psychological markers of autism at 18 months of age in a large population British Journal of Psychiatry 168:158-163