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The Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) is a 15 item behavioral rating scale developed
to identify children with autism and to categorize these behaviors from mild to moderate
to severe. The total CARS score may range from a low of 15 (obtained when the child¹s
behavior is rated as falling within normal limits on all 15 scales) to a high of 60 (obtained
when the child¹s behavior is rated as severely abnormal on all 15 scales). The score
represents placement on a continuum: the lower the score, the fewer autistic behaviors the
child exhibits; the higher the score, the more autistic behaviors the child exhibits