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Such delayed diagnosis hinders the implementation of early intervention thus worsens the long-term prognosis of ASD.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0924933800068231_abs2\" sec-type=\"other\"><jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title><jats:p>The current community-based study in its stage I aimed at early screening of Egyptian toddlers for ASD using an Arabic validated version of Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0924933800068231_abs3\" sec-type=\"methods\"><jats:title>Methodology<\/jats:title><jats:p>A cross-sectional community-based descriptive study was carried out enrolling 5546 Egyptian toddlers. They were randomly recruited from those attending Primary Health Care Units in six Egyptian governorates with a fair representation of the urban, semi-urban, and rural Egyptian populations. An Arabic validated version of M-CHAT was used as a screening tool for ASD.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0924933800068231_abs4\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The current study revealed failure of M-CHAT (suspected to have ASD and needs further evaluation) in 1320 out of the enrolled 5546 Egyptian toddlers (23.8%).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0924933800068231_abs5\" sec-type=\"conclusions\"><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>M-CHAT as a screening tool for ASD has flagged a considerable percent of the enrolled toddlers that necessitates referral for further evaluation (stage II) to settle the diagnosis of ASD in the true positive cases. 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