One autism story, two autism theories, many autism gifts
Theology in Scotland, 2023 This article reflects on how autism interacts with the Christian faith and the Church. From considerations of the lived experience of the author’s son, who has autism, tensions are noted between the two main theoretical stances which are commonly applied to autism and how this has a bearing on a ‘theology of autism’.
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, 2009 Many studies have been conducted to observe the effect of contact on attitudes toward people with mental illnesses, but few studies have observed the effect of contact on attitudes toward individuals on the autism spectrum specifically.
Edyvean, Carrie
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Loss of Wdfy3 in mice alters cerebral cortical neurogenesis reflecting aspects of the autism pathology. [PDF]
, 2014 Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are complex and heterogeneous developmental disabilities affecting an ever-increasing number of children worldwide. The diverse manifestations and complex, largely genetic aetiology of ASDs pose a major challenge to the ...
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Global Advances in Health and Medicine, 2013 A medical essay written in 1923 pointed out the fallacy of blaming a chronic illness on the name of a disease. The focus of treatment should be the individual, not the disease. With a focus on options based on the individuality of each patient, I ask a simple two-part question: Does my patient need to avoid or be rid of substances and/or to be ...
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Frontiers in Child and Adolescent PsychiatryBackgroundAutism spectrum disorder (autism) is a neurodevelopmental condition with a high prevalence of approximately 1 in 50 children. Early intervention can support long-term outcomes.
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Icanlearn: A Mobile Application For Creating Flashcards And Social Stories\u3csup\u3etm\u3c/sup\u3e For Children With Autistm [PDF]
, 2013 The number of children being diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is on the rise, presenting new challenges for their parents and teachers to overcome. At the same time, mobile computing has been seeping its way into every aspect of our lives in
Zaffke, Aaron
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Disruption to control network function correlates with altered dynamic connectivity in the wider autism spectrum. [PDF]
, 2017 Autism is a common developmental condition with a wide, variable range of co-occurring neuropsychiatric symptoms. Contrasting with most extant studies, we explored whole-brain functional organization at multiple levels simultaneously in a large subject ...
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Adaptation to different communicative contexts: an eye tracking study of autistic adults
Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 2019 Background Learning through social observation (i.e., watching other people interact) lays the foundation for later social skills and social cognition. However, social situations are often complex, and humans are only capable of attending to one aspect ...
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The association between early childhood onset epilepsy and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in 3237 children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): a historical longitudinal cohort data linkage study [PDF]
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Autistic trait interactions underlie sex-dependent facial recognition abilities in the normal population [PDF]
, 2013 Autistic face processing difficulties are either uniquely social or due to a piecemeal cognitive "style". Co-morbidity of social deficits and piecemeal cognition in autism makes teasing apart these accounts difficult.
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