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National Disability Insurance Scheme and Quality of Life Among Carers of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder in Australia: A Thematic Analysis

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder in Australia have increased considerably in recent years. The current study investigated how the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) impacts quality of life (QoL) among carers of children with autism spectrum disorder.
Jesse Gerhard, Sharon L. Grant
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A Comparison of Autistic Like Traits in the Relatives of Patients with Autism and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder

Iranian Journal of Psychiatry, 2018
Objective: This study aimed to identify autistic like traits in relatives of patients with schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder. Method: causal-comparative research design was utilized.
Zeynab Khanjani, Shahin Azmoodeh, Majid Mahmoudaliloo, Gholamreza Noorazar   +3 more
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Association between parental psychiatric disorders and risk of offspring autism spectrum disorder: a Swedish and Finnish population-based cohort studyResearch in context

The Lancet Regional Health. Europe
Summary: Background: Roughly more than one in six adults worldwide suffer from psychiatric conditions. Sporadic studies have associated parental psychiatric disorders with autism spectrum disorder in offspring.
Weiyao Yin, Anna Pulakka, Abraham Reichenberg, Alexander Kolevzon, Jonas F. Ludvigsson, Kari Risnes, Marius Lahti-Pulkkinen, Martina Persson, Michael E. Silverman, Ulrika Åden, Eero Kajantie, Sven Sandin   +11 more
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Autism in 2016: the need for answers

Jornal de Pediatria (Versão em Português), 2017
Objective: Autism spectrum disorders are lifelong and often devastating conditions that severely affect social functioning and self‐sufficiency. The etiopathogenesis is presumably multifactorial, resulting from a very complex interaction between genetic ...
Annio Posar, Paola Visconti
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The Cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme: Australia's Print‐Media Discourse

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the way that Australian newspapers have framed the cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Introduced in 2013, the NDIS represented a major change in Australia's disability support policy, moving for the first time to a nationwide universal insurance model.
Meera Chinnappa, Jennifer Smith‐Merry, Kuo‐yi Jade Chang   +2 more
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Impaired praxis in gesture imitation by deaf children with autism spectrum disorder

Autism and Developmental Language Impairments, 2017
Background and aims Praxis, the ability to plan and execute a series of gestures or motor sequences, is impaired in individuals with autism spectrum disorder. In this paper, we present the first study of praxis during a gesture imitation task in a unique
Aaron Shield, Krista Knapke, Morgan Henry, Sudha Srinivasan, Anjana Bhat   +4 more
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Autism Spectrum Disorders in Adults

, 2017
Early infantile autism' as defined by Kanner has grown into a spectrum of autistic disorders. The recognition of Asperger's disorder and of pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS), has led to increased demand for appropriate diagnostic assessment of autism in adults.
Kan, C.C., Buitelaar, J.K., Gaag, R.J. van der   +2 more
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The Ketogenic Diet: An Answer for Autism? [PDF]

, 2019
Lacking substantial evidence regarding its genetic identity, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a remarkably misunderstood condition with limited options for effective treatment.
Perez, Anne
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A potential strategy for improving offspring behavior in maternal immune activation: Amantadine‐mediated suppression of neuroinflammation

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
Amantadine (AMA) regulates neurocyte apoptosis and inhibits neurocyte inflammation to prevent maternal immune activation (MIA) from affecting offspring behavior. Abstract Background Maternal viral infection during pregnancy can lead to maternal immune activation (MIA), increasing the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring.
Jianfei Wu, Yu Liu, Binglong Wang, Yilin Wang, Bo Liu, Youguo Tan, Duanfang Cai, Kezhi Liu, Daixu Wei   +8 more
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Autism spectrum disorders in children with active epilepsy and learning disability: comorbidity, pre‐ and perinatal background, and seizure characteristics [PDF]

, 2003
Suzanne Steffenburg, Christopher Gillberg   +1 more
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