The ABO test shows that people have one of four blood types: A, B, AB, or O. If your red blood cells have: 1  The A antigen, you have type A blood. 2  The liquid portion of your blood (plasma) has antibodies that attack type B blood.
Autism can be detected at age 1 year in some (but not all) toddlers Results of the Pierce study (2011) indicated that it is possible to detect some toddlers showing early signs autism and other delays at 12 months using a simple, broad band screening tool (i.e., the CSBS DP IT Checklist) that takes only 5 minutes for a caregiver to complete.
A: The requirement to do the autism screening is specifically linked to the 18-month THSteps checkup, as recommended by the Performance Improvement Process workgroup, a stakeholder group consisting of physicians and experts in pediatric care.