News tagged with autism spectrum
Rate of autism disorders climbs to 1 percent among 8-year-olds
Dec 18, 2009 |
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Autism and related development disorders are becoming more common, with a prevalence rate approaching 1 percent among American 8-year-olds, according to new data from researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham ...
Treatments for asthma and pre-term labor may increase risk of autism in developing fetus
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Commonly prescribed beta 2 adrenergic agonist drugs for the treatment of asthma in pregnant women as well as pre-term labor may increase the incidence of autism-spectrum disorders, psychiatric pathology, cognitive problems ...
Study uses brain scans to discover how children 'read' faces
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Oxford University scientists are using brain-scanning technology to understand how we learn to recognise and 'read' faces as children.
Research Finds Ritalin's Benefits in Treating Children with Autism
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- UA researchers present evidence that the Ritalin is effective in treating preschoolers with Autism in a first-ever clinical trial to test the medication's efficacy with children with the disorder.
Children with autism more likely to have handwriting problems
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Children with autism may have lower quality handwriting and trouble forming letters compared to children without autism, according to a study published in the November 10, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the medical journa ...
Experts summarize state of the science in autism disorders
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Scientific understanding and medical treatments for autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) have advanced significantly over the past several years, but much remains to be done, say experts from the Center for Autism Research at ...
UK national autism research study results published
Sep 22, 2009 |
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The first ever major study into adults living with autism was published today by the NHS Information Centre. The report, entitled 'Autism Spectrum Disorders in adults living in households throughout England 2007' was written ...
Autistic teens master social cues, find friends
Aug 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Thirteen-year-old Andrea Levy ticked off a mental list of rules to follow when her guest arrived: Greet her at the door. Introduce her to the family. Offer a cold drink.
Autism study finds visual processing 'hinders ability' to read body language
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Aug 05, 2009 |
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The way people with autism see and process the body language of others could be preventing them from gauging people's feelings, according to new research.
Who am I? Adolescents' replies depend on others (w/ Video)
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Jul 15, 2009 |
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Ask middle-school students if they are popular or make friends easily, they likely will depend on social comparisons with their peers for an answer. Such reliance on the perceived opinions of others, or reflected ...
Children with autism need to be taught in smaller groups, pilot study confirms
Jul 02, 2009 |
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Since the 1970s, there has been much debate surrounding the fact that individuals with autism have difficulty in understanding speech in situations where there is background speech or noise.
More gene mutations linked to autism risk
Jun 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- More pieces in the complex autism inheritance puzzle are emerging in the latest study from a research team including geneticists from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the University ...
Naming may be key to brain's ability to recognize faces
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Jun 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Our tendency to see people and faces as individuals may explain why we are such experts at recognizing them, new research indicates. This approach can be learned and applied to other objects ...
Antidepressant does not stop repetitive behaviors in autistic children
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Jun 01, 2009 |
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The antidepressant citalopram does not appear to reduce the occurrence of repetitive behaviors in children and teens with autism spectrum disorders, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of General Psychiatry.
Autism in the UK costs more than 27 billion every year, shows new research
May 18, 2009 |
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Research published this week in the Journal Autism, published by SAGE, estimate the annual costs of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to be more than £27 billion a year. The costs of supporting children with ASDs were estimate ...
