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Reduced face identity aftereffects in relatives of children with autism. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Autism is a pervasive developmental condition with complex aetiology. To aid the discovery of genetic mechanisms, researchers have turned towards identifying potential endophenotypes - subtle neurobiological or neurocognitive traits present in ...
Fiorentini, Chiara   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

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

open access: yesMolecular 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   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evidence against the “normalization” prediction of the early brain overgrowth hypothesis of autism

open access: yesMolecular 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   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Autism and the U.K. secondary school experience [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +14 more
core   +1 more source

Visual Autism

open access: yesChildren, 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

Inter-rater reliability of treatment fidelity and therapeutic alliance measures for psychological therapies for anxiety in young people with autism spectrum disorders [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Objectives: This article presents work undertaken to establish inter-rater reliability for a measure of treatment fidelity and a measure of therapeutic alliance for therapies for anxiety for young people with autism spectrum disorders. The discussion and
Brown, Rachel   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Conditional Pten knockout in parvalbumin- or somatostatin-positive neurons sufficiently leads to autism-related behavioral phenotypes

open access: yesMolecular Brain, 2021
Disrupted GABAergic neurons have been extensively described in brain tissues from individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and animal models for ASD.
Sangyep Shin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is anyone looking at me? Direct gaze detection in children with and without autism [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +76 more
core   +1 more source

The prevalence and incidence of mental ill-health in adults with autism and intellectual disabilities [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +67 more
core   +1 more source

Maternal steroid levels and the autistic traits of the mother and infant

open access: yesMolecular Autism, 2021
Background Prenatal sex steroids have been associated with autism in several clinical and epidemiological studies. It is unclear how this relates to the autistic traits of the mother and how early this can be detected during pregnancy and postnatal ...
A. Tsompanidis   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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