About 50% of all mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) had elevated levels of depressive symptoms over 18 months, while rates were much lower (6% to 13.6%) for mothers with neurotypical children in the same period, UC San Francisco researchers report in a new study published ...
Date Posted: September 7, 2022
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders, Caregiver Issues / Stress
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A Dartmouth-led research team has identified a non-verbal, neural marker of autism. This marker shows that individuals with autism are slower to dampen neural activity in response to visual signals in the brain.
Aug 19
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders
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When it comes to encouraging children with autism who have speech problems to talk, pivotal response treatment seems to work best, especially when parents are involved. The treatment helps young children who have autism to communicate in a way which ...
Aug 16
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders, Pivotal Response Treatment
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Research adds further evidence to support the prenatal sex steroid theory of autism first proposed 20 years ago.
Aug 3
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders, Child Development
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Compensatory strategies that enable people to hide the fact that they have autism has its pros and cons. While such strategies enable individuals with autism to have a better social life and increase their employability, it may also delay their ...
Jul 26
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders
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Children with autism often experience difficulties integrating with the people around them due, causing them to become victims of bullying in school and even at home.
Jul 23
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders, Bullying
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Learning how to drive could be highly beneficial for adolescents with autism as it enhances their life skills and allows them to be more independent. A study seeking to expand the available information suggested that parents should give these ...
Jun 21
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders, Parenting
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A new large-scale Danish study searches for connections between autism and the MMR vaccine. In particular, they investigate at-risk individuals. Once again, no links are found.
Mar 11
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders
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Children who have an older sibling with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at an increased risk of having autism, a new study suggests1. The reverse is also true.
Jan 23
Categories: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism spectrum ...
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A new digital treatment called Project: EVO, designed by prescription digital medicine company Akili Interactive, could help children with autism spectrum disorder and co-occurring attention/deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a ...
Jan 9
Categories: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism spectrum ...
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In the first study of its kind, a team of researchers was able to perform functional MRIs of a group of children with autism whose IQs averaged 54. This was nearly impossible to conduct before as it was a challenge for them to keep still for at ...
Jan 7
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders
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A recent study has found evidence linking the traits found in autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) even in adulthood. This is one of the first studies examining the link between these two disorders in adults, and supports ...
Oct 10
Categories: Adult ADHD, Adult psychological development, Attention Deficit ...
GOChildren with autism have a social reward circuit that is different from healthy children. During an MRI scan conducted, scientists discovered that the social rewards circuit of children with autism is not as active.
Jul 28
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders
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A new study finds that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are more likely to suffer from a food allergy than children who do not have ASD.
Jun 12
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders, Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child ...
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A new study shows that the ability to distinguish truth from lies is diminished in people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) -- putting them at greater risk of being manipulated.
May 31
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders
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A new study reveals surprising new insights into brain networks in people with autism, after applying a new personalized approach to brain mapping. The new approach provides a way to examine the location of individual brain networks with more ...
May 22
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders
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