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Autism Spectrum Disorder [PDF]
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2018 Autism spectrum disorder is a term used to describe a constellation of early-appearing social communication deficits and repetitive sensory-motor behaviours associated with a strong genetic component as well as other causes. The outlook for many individuals with autism spectrum disorder today is brighter than it was 50 years ago; more people with the ...
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Autism spectrum disorder [PDF]
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. The worldwide prevalence of autism is just under 1%, but estimates are higher in high-income countries. Although
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Autism spectrum disorder [PDF]
Current Biology, 2005 The progress that is now possible by combining cognitive theories, functional and structural brain imaging in genetically sensitive designs, should yield some long awaited answers. In particular, it should become clear which features of autism have separate and independent causes, and which arise from one and the same origin in the brain.
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Autism Spectrum Disorders [PDF]
Global Advances in Health and Medicine, 2012 Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are collectively the most commonly diagnosed pediatric neurodevelopmental condition. ASDs include autism, pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS), Rett syndrome and Asperger disorder. ASD is characterized by impaired communication and social interaction and may involve developmental delays ...
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Annals of Saudi Medicine, 2010 Pervasive developmental disorders are a group of neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by impairments in communication, reciprocal social interaction and restricted repetitive behaviors or interests. The term autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has been used to describe their variable presentation.
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The Cost of Autism Spectrum Disorders [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 A diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorders is usually associated with substantial lifetime costs to an individual, their family and the community. However, there remains an elusive factor in any cost-benefit analysis of ASD diagnosis, namely the cost of not obtaining a diagnosis. Given the infeasibility of estimating the costs of a population that, by
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Nursing Standard, 2015 There is increasing awareness of the prevalence of young people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) within forensic settings and the specific issues these young people may present to services. Furthermore, the difficulties young people with a diagnosis of ASD experience often impacts on their ability to fully comprehend and participate in the criminal ...
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Gluten and Autism Spectrum Disorder [PDF]
Nutrients, 2021 An expanding body of literature is examining connections between Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and dietary interventions. While a number of specialist diets have been suggested as beneficial in ASD, gluten has received particularly close attention as a potentially exacerbating factor.
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European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2013 The revision of the diagnostic criteria for ASD has been widely anticipated and is expected to be an important contribution to the refinement of the definition of ASD. In the upcoming DSM-5, several changes have been made compared to the previous diagnostic criteria. They include no emphasis on language delay and age of onset except that ASD is defined
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Hyperacusis in Autism Spectrum Disorders [PDF]
Audiology Research, 2021 Hyperacusis is highly prevalent in the autism spectrum disorder (ASD) population. This auditory hypersensitivity can trigger pragmatically atypical reactions that may impact social and academic domains. Objective: The aim of this report is to describe the relationship between decreased sound tolerance disorders and the ASD population.
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