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The present study describes the feasibility, acceptability, sociodemographic and developmental details of IASQ study participants in 5 settings- a psychiatry outpatients\u2019 clinic (n = 145), a specialised paediatric clinic (n = 24), a speciality disability centre (n = 174), a primary school (n = 41) and a government housing colony (n = 255). The IASQ could be easily administered and understood. Consistent with prior reports, the male-female ratio of participants with autism was 3.8:1. Developmental complications were reported more frequently in clinical settings, while delivery by Caesarean section was commoner among community-dwelling higher socioeconomic status mothers (53% of the officers\u2019 sample). Mothers of participants with autism more frequently reported Caesarean section birth for the proband (\u03c7\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    = 41.61, p &lt; .0001) and prenatal and postnatal complications. Binary logistic regression confirmed that perinatal complications in the mother and father\u2019s (older) age at birth of the participant were associated with autism. 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