Modified COSMIC 39
Author Note
SallyClifford,InstituteofPsychiatry,King’sCollegeLondon, UK; KristelleHudry, Department
of Psychology and Human Development, Institute of Education, London, UK; LauraBrown,
UCL InstituteofChildHealth,London, UK; GregPasco,Autism Research Centre,
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Tony Charman, Department of Psychology
and Human Development, Institute of Education, London, UK; thePACT Consortium.
PACT consortium members: Jonathan Green10 (Chief Investigator), Catherine Aldred9, 10,
Sam Barron7, Barbara Barrett3, Karen Beggs8, Katy Bourne10, Sarah Byford3, Tony
Charman2, Julia Collino4, Ruth Colmer7, Anna Cutress6, Tori Houghton9, Patricia
Howlin3, Kristelle Hudry2, Ann Le Couteur6, Sue Leach5, Dharmi Kapadia10, Kathy
Leadbitter10, Helen McConachie6, Wendy MacDonald10, Andrew Pickles10, Sarah
Randles7, Vicky Slonims1, 3, Carol Taylor9, Kathryn Temple6, Lydia White10.
1Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Trust; 2Institute of Education London; 3King’s College
London; 4Lewisham PCT; 5Mental Health Research Network; 6Newcastle University;
7North Tyneside PCT; 8Southwark PCT; 9Stockport PCT; 10University of Manchester.
Acknowledgements: We are grateful to all the children, parents and teachers who took
part in the study. We thank Kate Gordon for her advice on scoring the original COSMIC,
along with Mary-Jo Doyle, Rebecca Rowles, and Rachel Whalley for their help with data
collection. The M-COSMIC study was funded by Autism Speaks. The PACT study is
funded by a UK Medical Research Council Grant to the Principal Investigators of the
PACT Consortium (www.medicine.manchester.ac.uk/pact/).