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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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Visual Autism

Children, 2023
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a lifelong neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by deficits in social communication and restricted, repetitive behaviors. It affects approximately 2.2% of children. Both genetic and environmental risk factors have been identified for ASD. Visual comorbidities are relatively common among children with ASD.
Margaret Reynolds, Susan M. Culican
openaire   +4 more sources

The temporal binding deficit hypothesis of autism [PDF]

, 2002
Frith has argued that people with autism show “weak central coherence,” an unusual bias toward piecemeal rather than configurational processing and a reduction in the normal tendency to process information in context.
Boucher, Jill, Brock, J. (Jon), Brown, Caroline C., Rippon, Gina   +3 more
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Autism and mild epilepsy associated with a de novo missense pathogenic variant in the GTPase effector domain of DNM1

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Dynamin 1 is a GTPase protein involved in synaptic vesicle fission, which facilitates the exocytosis of neurotransmitters necessary for normal signaling. Pathogenic variants in the DNM1 gene are associated with intractable epilepsy, often manifested as infantile spasms at onset, developmental delay, and a movement disorder, and are located in ...
Davide Mei, Elena Parrini, Claudia Bianchini, Maria Luisa Ricci, Renzo Guerrini   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A comparative study of autistic and non-autistic women’s experience of motherhood

Molecular Autism, 2020
Background Autism is a lifelong neurodevelopmental difference and disability, yet there is limited research examining parenting in autistic mothers. Objective To explore autistic mothers’ experience of the perinatal period and parenthood.
A. L. Pohl, S. K. Crockford, M. Blakemore, C. Allison, S. Baron-Cohen   +4 more
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Evidence against the “normalization” prediction of the early brain overgrowth hypothesis of autism

Molecular Autism, 2020
Background The frequently cited Early Overgrowth Hypothesis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) postulates that there is overgrowth of the brain in the first 2 years of life, which is followed by a period of arrested growth leading to normalized brain ...
Lisa D. Yankowitz, John D. Herrington, Benjamin E. Yerys, Joseph A. Pereira, Juhi Pandey, Robert T. Schultz   +5 more
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The prevalence and incidence of mental ill-health in adults with autism and intellectual disabilities [PDF]

, 2008
The prevalence, and incidence, of mental ill-health in adults with intellectual disabilities and autism were compared with the whole population with intellectual disabilities, and with controls, matched individually for age, gender, ability-level, and ...
A. V. Brereton, Alison Jackson, B. Holden, C. Lord, C. Morgan, C. W. McGrother, Craig A. Melville, D. G. Allen, D. Mantry, Dipali Mantry, E. A. Bradley, E. A. Bradley, E. Billstedt, E. Smiley, E. Tsakanikos, E. Tsakanikos, Elita Smiley, F. Tyrer, G. Baird, G. Dawson, H. Leonard, H. Schrojenstein Lantman-de Valk van, H. W. M. Kwok, J. Bertrand, J. Hill, J. K. Kern, J. L. Matson, J. L. Matson, J. Robertson, Janet Finlayson, Jill Morrison, K. McClintock, L. Lecavalier, L. Wing, Linda Allan, M Yeargin-Allsopp, M. E. Stewart, M. G. Aman, M. Ghaziuddin, M. Ghaziuddin, M. Hotopf, M. M. Konstantareas, M. Wullink, N. Holmes, National Initiative: Autism Screening, Assessment, P. A. Filipek, P. Sturmey, P. W. Davidson, R. A. Collacott, R. Didden, R. Didden, R. Farmer, R. M. Reese, S. -A. Cooper, S. -A. Cooper, S. A. Borthwick-Duffy, S. A. Cooper, S. A. Cooper, S. Bhaumik, S. Chakrabarti, S. Chakrabarti, S. Deb, S. Moss, Sally-Ann Cooper, Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network, T. D. Cook, World Health Organisation, World Health Organisation   +67 more
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Autism and the U.K. secondary school experience [PDF]

, 2014
This research investigated the self-reported mainstream school experiences of those diagnosed on the autistic spectrum compared with the typically developing school population.
Audit Commission, Boutot E. A., Costley D., Gayle V. Dillon, George C. L., Greene J., Jean D. M. Underwood, Jones G., Kline P., Lauren J. Freemantle, Miles M. B., Norton A., Pianta R. C., Vygotsky L. S., Warnock M.   +14 more
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Is anyone looking at me? Direct gaze detection in children with and without autism [PDF]

, 2008
Atypical processing of eye contact is one of the significant characteristics of individuals with autism, but the mechanism underlying atypical direct gaze processing is still unclear. This study used a visual search paradigm to examine whether the facial
Ashwin, Atsushi Senju, Baranek, Baron-Cohen, Chun, Clifford, Conty, Csibra, Dalton, Gale, Gale, Grice, Happé, Happé, Hiroo Osanai, Hobson, Hood, Jenkins, Johnson, Joseph, Kleinke, Klin, Kylliäinen, Kylliäinen, Lahaie, Langton, Langton, Lopez, Maestro, Martin, Martin, Martin, Mason, Miller, Miller, Mottron, Neumann, Nichols, Osterling, Osterling, O’Riordan, O’Riordan, O’Riordan, Pelphrey, Perrett, Perrett, Plaisted, Ratcliff, Raven, Robson, Robson, Rouse, Sasson, Schultz, Senju, Senju, Senju, Senju, Senju, Seyama, Smith, Speer, Spezio, Sugishita, Teunisse, Toshikazu Hasegawa, Treisman, Valentine, van der Geest, von Grünau, Vuilleumier, Werner, Wolfe, Wollaston, Yin, Yoshikuni Tojo, Yukiko Kikuchi   +76 more
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Social Difficulties in Youth with Autism With and Without Anxiety and ADHD Symptoms [PDF]

, 2018
Social difficulties inherent to autism spectrum disorder are often linked with co‐occurring symptoms of anxiety and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Carlson, Mary E., Casnar, Christina L., Dolan, Bridget Kathleen, Haendel, Angela D., Karst, Jeffrey S., Krueger, Wendy, McVey, Alana J., Murphy, Christina C., Pleiss, Sheryl, Schiltz, Hillary, Van Hecke, Amy V., Willar, Kirsten S., Yund, Brianna D.   +12 more
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