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Do Some Cases of Anorexia Nervosa Reflect Underlying Autistic-Like Conditions?
Behavioural Neurology, 1992 In a sample of 51 teenagers with anorexia nervosa (AN)—which included 24 cases constituting the total population of AN cases born in 1970—several had shown social, communicative and behaviour patterns suggestive of autistic-like conditions as children ...
C. Gillberg, M. Råstam
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The mental health of young people with autism and Asperger syndrome in mainstream secondary schools: a multiple case study approach [PDF]
, 2011 The increased prevalence and negative impact of mental health difficulties amongst those with autism and Asperger syndrome has been reported by researchers, clinicians and people with autism themselves. Schools are key environments for those with autism,
Meehan, Louise Melissa
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British Journal of Learning Disabilities, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Children with intellectual disabilities have the right to express themselves and to receive appropriate communicative support. Parents' knowledge, shaped through daily interactions and long‐term observation, is essential for understanding and supporting communicative development. Yet, such knowledge is seldom systematically embedded
Kamilla Klefbeck
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Asperger Syndrome and Autism Compared
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1995 The validity and neuropsychological characterization of Asperger syndrome (AS) was investigated by comparison with Higher-Functioning Autism (HFA) (ie autism associated with overall normal intelligence) in 73 potential subjects recruited from a ...
J Gordon Millichap
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, 2011 Dewrang, P. (2011). Asperger syndrome: Social functioning in relation to behavioural and cognitive traits from infancy to young adulthood. Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Dewrang, Petra
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An extension of the basic local independence model to multiple observed classifications
British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract The basic local independence model (BLIM) is appropriate in situations where populations do not differ in the probabilities of the knowledge states and the probabilities of careless errors and lucky guesses of the items. In some situations, this is not the case. This work introduces the multiple observed classification local independence model
Pasquale Anselmi +8 more
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Positive and Negative Experiences of Caring Among Adolescent Young Carers
Children &Society, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Research has highlighted that adolescent young carers (AYCs) are in a vulnerable position due to their caring responsibilities being combined with the challenges of adolescence. However, caring among adolescents does not have to be a solely negative experience and positive experiences of caring can co‐exist.
Miriam Svensson +5 more
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Camus's L'étranger and the first description of a man with Asperger's Syndrome
Psychology Research and Behavior Management, 2018 Sam Shuster Department of Dermatology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UKAbstract: The continued discussion about the meaning of Camus’s famous novel, L’étranger, provoked a re-reading, and this, in turn, led to its ...
Shuster S
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Head Circumference in Autism, Asperger Syndrome and ADHD
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2002 Occipitofrontal circumference (OFC), measured at birth and after 16 months of age, was compared in 50 consecutive patients with Asperger syndrome, 50 diagnosed with autistic disorder, and 50 with ADHD and followed at the Department of Child and ...
J Gordon Millichap
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Plasma antioxidant capacity is reduced in Asperger syndrome
, 2012 Recent evidence suggests that children with autism have impaired detoxification capacity and may suffer from chronic oxidative stress. To our knowledge, there has been no study focusing on oxidative metabolism specifically in Asperger syndrome (a milder ...
Miranda-Azpiazu, Patricia +9 more
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