Several studies have explored relationships between parent broader autism phenotype and offspring communication, and have reported that autistic-like traits in parents are related to offspring communication difficulties and autism severity. However, past research has focused on studying such associations in childhood and we know very little about them in infancy. With accumulating evidence that interventions administered during infancy may be most effective in reducing ASD symptoms, it is imperative to examine whether relationships between parent autistic-like traits and child communication appear even earlier during this critical period of life. ...

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• 2021
• May 2021

The MACROD2 gene is a strong positional candidate risk factor for autistic-like traits in the general population ...

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• 2014
• December 2014

Restricted and repetitive behaviours constitute a core symptom domain of autism spectrum disorder ...

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• 2016
• June 2016

We aimed to review original research which described factors impacting the health of primary care-givers of children with Autism or Intellectual Disability ...

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• 2018
• January 2018

Technology-based interventions may provide a relatively low-cost addition to existing therapist-delivered interventions for children with ASD ...

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• 2017
• September 2017

Some individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) experience linguistic difficulties similar to those found in individuals with specific language... ...

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• 2007
• August 2007

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Autism omics research has historically been reductionist and diagnosis centric, with little attention paid to common co-occurring conditions (for example, sleep and feeding disorders) and the complex interplay between molecular profiles and neurodevelopment, genetics, environmental factors and health. Here we explored the plasma lipidome in 765 children (485 diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)) within the Australian Autism Biobank. ...

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• 2023
• April 2023

Intervention for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) typically commences after diagnosis. No trial of an intervention administered to infants before diagnosis has shown an effect on diagnostic outcomes to date. ...

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• 2021
• September 2021

There are no well-established biomedical treatments for the core symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A small number of studies suggest that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), a non-invasive brain stimulation technique, may improve clinical and cognitive outcomes in ASD. ...

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• 2021
• July 2021