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Name-Calling by a Child with Asperger’s Syndrome

open access: yes, 2015
This chapter focuses on one aspect of social interaction that is directly relevant to maintaining friendship, mental health and well-being, and supportive peer relations.
Rendle-Short, Johanna   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Pleiotropy between language impairment and broader behavioral disorders—an investigation of both common and rare genetic variants

open access: yesJournal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 2021
Background Language plays a major role in human behavior. For this reason, neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders in which linguistic ability is impaired could have a big impact on the individual’s social interaction and general wellbeing.
Ron Nudel   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Did the DSM ever include Asperger’s autism? Towards a rereading "Asperger syndrome"

open access: yesVertex Revista Argentina de Psiquiatría
This article critically examines Hans Asperger’s legacy in relation to contemporary autism diagnostics. While “Asperger’s syndrome” is widely discussed, few have engaged with Asperger’s original work or the broader historical literature, including Grunia
Kevin Rebecchi
doaj   +1 more source

Social relationships and mental wellbeing in autistic adolescent girls and boys: A longitudinal investigation

open access: yesJCPP Advances, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Previous studies have reported differences in levels of mental wellbeing between autistic and non‐autistic adolescents and between girls and boys. However, it is unclear to what extent being autistic or a particular gender influences mental wellbeing in adolescence. The importance of social relationships for mental wellbeing is well
Ellie Roberts, Eirini Flouri, Will Mandy
wiley   +1 more source

Brain Anatomy of Asperger’s Syndrome

open access: yesPediatric Neurology Briefs, 2002
Brain anatomy and sensorimotor gating were compared in 21 adults with Asperger’s syndrome and 24 controls, all of normal IQ, aged 18-49 years.
J Gordon Millichap
doaj   +1 more source

Improving Procedure Completion and Engagement of Neurodivergent Patients in Medical Imaging: A Systematic Review

open access: yesJournal of Medical Radiation Sciences, EarlyView.
Neurodivergent patients face barriers in accessing and engaging with medical imaging services. This systematic review aims to identify strategies in the literature to improve imaging procedure completion among neurodivergent patients. ABSTRACT Introduction Neurodivergent conditions such as autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are ...
Rheann Wickramasinghe, Glenda McLean
wiley   +1 more source

Alternatives to Gold Standard Diagnostic Tools for Distinguishing “Natural Kinds” on the Autism Spectrum

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychiatry, 2022
Next-generation sequencing techniques have accelerated the discovery of rare mutations responsible for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in genes involved in a large number of physiological processes, including the control of gene expression, chromatin ...
Anne Philippe
doaj   +1 more source

A comprehensive parent training program for parents of neurodivergent children with pathological demand avoidance: The Paradigm Shift Program® Pilot Study

open access: yesPediatric Investigation, EarlyView.
The Paradigm Shift Program, a comprehensive training program for parents of neurodivergent children with pathological demand avoidance (PDA), was feasible and acceptable, and there were significant improvements in parents’ well‐being following program completion.
Noelle E. Carlozzi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Do You Want to Continue?”—Coordinating the Closing of Conversations and Managing Face Concerns

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
This study investigates how participants manage the decision to end or continue their conversation when directly asked about their preferences. The dataset consists of 19 conversations where the researcher explicitly asked if the two participants wanted to continue their conversation, thus causing some potential interactional trouble for the ...
Emmi Koskinen
wiley   +1 more source

Asperger’s Disorder and Tourette Syndrome

open access: yesPediatric Neurology Briefs, 1997
Five boys with both Asperger’s disorder and Tourette syndrome, exceptional verbal intelligence, and clumsiness presented with peer-related social difficulties and a flapping stereotypy in a report from New York University Medical Center.
J Gordon Millichap
doaj   +1 more source

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