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Study: Autistic individuals have poorer health and health care
Autistic individuals are more likely to have chronic mental and physical health conditions, suggests new research from the University of Cambridge. Autistic individuals also report lower quality health care than others.
May 27, 2022
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Visual system brain development implicated in infants who develop autism
For the first time, scientists have found that brain differences in the visual brain systems of infants who later are diagnosed with autism are associated with inherited genetic factors.
May 26, 2022
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Adaptive swim classes build confidence, safety skills for autistic children
Based on the positive results of a new pilot study offering personalized aquatic occupational therapy for 19 autistic children, researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine will expand ...
May 24, 2022
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Evaluating a new form of therapy for autistic individuals
A doctoral thesis at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden has investigated whether Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) can be used for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The results show that the treatment can be carried ...
May 18, 2022
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Do early therapies help very young children with or at high likelihood for autism?
In an analysis of reviews published between 2009 and 2020 that assessed therapeutic or educational interventions for very young children with or at high likelihood for autism, researchers found that certain types of interventions—called ...
May 18, 2022
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Ask the Pediatrician: How can parents help teens on autism spectrum transition to adulthood?
Q: My teenage son has autism and I want to help him navigate the transition to being an adult, including adult health care. How can I do this?
May 16, 2022
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Children with autism exhibit typical joint attention during toy play with a parent
For decades, autism research has relied on data collected during lab tasks or interviews with clinicians that are more constrained than the child's day-to-day interactions with others. A study published in the journal Current ...
May 12, 2022
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Autism-friendly MRI for more inclusive medical imaging
Autism is neither a disorder nor a disease; it is part of neurodiversity, which affects the wiring of the brain and may impact on how autistic people communicate and interact with the world. About one in 100 people are autistic ...
May 05, 2022
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Autistic adults report high rates of COVID-19 vaccination
As reported in 2021, autistic adults, adults with intellectual disability and adults with mental health diagnoses have multiple risk factors for COVID-19 infection, and more severe disease if contracted. Public health messaging ...
May 03, 2022
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Gene therapy reverses effects of autism-linked mutation in brain organoids
In a study published May 02, 2022 in Nature Communications, scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine used human brain organoids to reveal how a genetic mutation associated with a profound form of ...
May 02, 2022
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Does autism begin in the womb?
An international research group led by Professor Toru Takumi (Senior Visiting Scientist, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research) and Researcher Chia-wen Lin at Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine has shown ...
May 02, 2022
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Analysis of more than 82,000 autistic children's health care usage data finds disparities
A new analysis of data collected from more than 82,000 autistic children across seven years reveals significant differences in their health care utilization according to sex, race and ethnicity.
May 02, 2022
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With autism numbers rising, how best to provide support?
Recently released data from the Centers for Disease Control show childhood autism rates are at their highest level since the CDC began tracking data in 2000. About 2.3% of U.S. children, or one in 44, were diagnosed with ...
Apr 29, 2022
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Zeroing in on a new treatment for autism and epilepsy
Children with Dravet syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy that begins in infancy, experience seizures, usually for their entire life. They are at high risk of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) and can also develop ...
Apr 27, 2022
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Almost 90% of autistic women report experiencing sexual violence, often on multiple occasions
As many as 9 out of 10 autistic women in France report have suffered sexual violence, shows a new study in Frontiers in Behavioral Science. This is one of the largest studies to date focused specifically on this population. ...
Apr 27, 2022
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New program may help parents of children with autism, study finds
Researchers at Penn State and the University of South Carolina have recently found that a program for parents of children recently diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) shows promising evidence of helping parents ...
Apr 27, 2022
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Minimal race, sex bias identified in the ADOS-2 autism measure
Differential item functioning (DIF) is minimal across race and sex in the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition (ADOS-2), according to a study published online April 26 in JAMA Network Open.
Apr 27, 2022
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Study suggests early self-awareness of autism leads to better quality of life
People who learn they are autistic when they are younger may have a heightened quality of life and sense of well-being in adulthood.
Apr 26, 2022
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Gastrointestinal issues linked with anxiety, social withdrawal for kids with autism
Children with autism spectrum disorder tend to experience gastrointestinal issues, such as constipation and stomach pain, at a higher rate than their neurotypical peers. Some also experience other internalizing symptoms at ...
Apr 26, 2022
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Many women with autism and ADHD aren't diagnosed until adulthood. What to do if you think you're one of them
Over the last decade or so, there's been an uptick in the number of adults being diagnosed with autism and ADHD. Any number of factors might explain this rise, including greater public awareness of both conditions, broader ...
Apr 22, 2022
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