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Autism spectrum disorder

Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2020
Autism spectrum disorder is a construct used to describe individuals with a specific combination of impairments in social communication and repetitive behaviours, highly restricted interests and/or sensory behaviours beginning early in life.
Catherine Lord, Emily Jones, Rebecca M Jones   +2 more
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Elevated rates of autism, other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric diagnoses, and autistic traits in transgender and gender-diverse individuals

Nature Communications, 2020
It is unclear if rates of autism and other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric diagnoses are elevated in transgender and gender-diverse individuals compared to cisgender individuals.
Varun Warrier, David M. Greenberg, Elizabeth Weir, Clara Buckingham, Paula Smith, Meng-Chuan Lai, Carrie Allison, Simon Baron-Cohen   +7 more
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Early brain development in infants at high risk for autism spectrum disorder

Nature, 2017
Brain enlargement has been observed in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but the timing of this phenomenon, and the relationship between ASD and the appearance of behavioural symptoms, are unknown.
Kelly N Botteron, Hongbin Gu, Meghan R Swanson   +2 more
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Global prevalence of autism: A systematic review update

Autism Research, 2022
Prevalence estimates of autism are essential for informing public policy, raising awareness, and developing research priorities. Using a systematic review, we synthesized estimates of the prevalence of autism worldwide. We examined factors accounting for
Jinan Zeidan, E. Fombonne, Julie Scorah, Alaa Ibrahim, M. Durkin, S. Saxena, A. Yusuf, A. Shih, M. Elsabbagh   +8 more
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Association of Sex With Neurobehavioral Markers of Executive Function in 2-Year-Olds at High and Low Likelihood of Autism

JAMA Network Open, 2023
Key Points Question Are executive function (EF) differences early in development associated with sex, familial likelihood for autism, and alterations in brain volume?
T. St. John, A. Estes, H. Hazlett, N. Marrus, C. Burrows, Kevin Donovan, S. Torres-Gomez, R. Grzadzinski, J. Parish-Morris, R. Smith, M. Styner, D. Garic, J. Pandey, Chimei M. Lee, R. Schultz, K. Botteron, L. Zwaigenbaum, J. Piven, Stephen R Dager   +18 more
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Prevalence and factors associated with overweight, obesity, and hypertension in a large clinical sample of adults with autism spectrum disorder

Scientific Reports, 2022
Adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are at risk for excess bodyweight and hypertension, yet the prevalence of and clinical predictors for these health conditions remain unknown.
Robyn P. Thom, Michelle L. Palumbo, Christopher J. Keary, Jacob M. Hooker, Christopher J. McDougle, Caitlin T. Ravichandran   +5 more
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Analysis of common genetic variation and rare CNVs in the Australian Autism Biobank

Molecular Autism, 2021
Background Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental condition whose biological basis is yet to be elucidated. The Australian Autism Biobank (AAB) is an initiative of the Cooperative Research Centre for Living with Autism (Autism CRC)
Chloe X. Yap, Gail A. Alvares, Anjali K. Henders, Tian Lin, Leanne Wallace, Alaina Farrelly, Tiana McLaren, Jolene Berry, Anna A. E. Vinkhuyzen, Maciej Trzaskowski, Jian Zeng, Yuanhao Yang, Dominique Cleary, Rachel Grove, Claire Hafekost, Alexis Harun, Helen Holdsworth, Rachel Jellett, Feroza Khan, Lauren Lawson, Jodie Leslie, Mira Levis Frenk, Anne Masi, Nisha E. Mathew, Melanie Muniandy, Michaela Nothard, Peter M. Visscher, Paul A. Dawson, Cheryl Dissanayake, Valsamma Eapen, Helen S. Heussler, Andrew J. O. Whitehouse, Naomi R. Wray, Jacob Gratten   +33 more
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Understanding Stigma in Autism: A Narrative Review and Theoretical Model

Autism in Adulthood, 2022
The experience of stigma by autistic people is relatively understudied, despite contributing to a range of poor outcomes and having an overarching impact on well-being.
Alice Turnock, K. Langley, Catherine R. G. Jones   +2 more
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Annual Research Review: Shifting from ‘normal science’ to neurodiversity in autism science

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 2021
Since its initial description, the concept of autism has been firmly rooted within the conventional medical paradigm of child psychiatry. Increasingly, there have been calls from the autistic community and, more recently, nonautistic researchers, to ...
E. Pellicano, Jacquiline den Houting
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Cognitive theories of autism [PDF]

, 2007
This article considers three theories of autism: The Theory of Mind Deficit, Executive Dysfunction and the Weak Central Coherence accounts. It outlines each along with studies relevant to their emergence, their expansion, their limitations and their ...
Mitchell, P., Rajendran, G.
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