Based on population data from 5 countries, the heritability of ASD was estimated to be approximately 80% ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• July 2019

Parent observations provide an initial framework for understanding quality of life in autism spectrum disorder ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• January 2019

Reduced frontal power at 3 months may indicate increased risk for reduced expressive language skills at 12 months. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• September 2017

Findings show that indicators of a poor intrauterine environment are associated with an elevated risk of ID, while for ASD, and particularly ASD without ID,... ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2013
• January 2013

We present a new analysis of Whitehouse, Maybery, and Durkin's (2006, Experiment 3) data on inner speech in children with autism (CWA). ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2009
• August 2009

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• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2008
• July 2008

Anxiety commonly co-occurs in autism. Exploring and understanding potential underpinning mechanisms contributing to and maintaining anxiety in the early years is important in managing anxiety. Intolerance of uncertainty (IU), a tendency to find uncertainty difficult, is a transdiagnostic mechanism contributing to anxiety, but little is known about how IU may be experienced in young children on the autism spectrum. This study investigated parental perspectives of children's experiences of uncertainty. ...

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• 2023
• March 2023

Our previous cross-sectional investigation (Chetcuti et al., 2020) showed that infants with autism traits could be divided into distinct subgroups based on temperament. This longitudinal study builds on this existing work by exploring the continuity of temperament subgroup classifications and their associations with behavioral/clinical phenotypic features from infancy to toddlerhood. ...

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• 2022
• December 2022

With increasing demands for health, disability and education services, innovative approaches can help distribute limited resources according to need. Despite an increased focus on support needs within the clinical pathway and policy landscape, the body of research knowledge on this topic is at a relatively early stage. However, there appears to be a sense of unmet support needs and dissatisfaction with the provision of required support following an autism diagnosis amongst caregivers of young people on the spectrum. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2022
• November 2022

Reduced eye contact early in life may play a role in the developmental pathways that culminate in a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. However, there are contradictory theories regarding the neural mechanisms involved. According to the amygdala theory of autism, reduced eye contact results from a hypoactive amygdala that fails to flag eyes as salient. However, the eye avoidance hypothesis proposes the opposite-that amygdala hyperactivity causes eye avoidance. This review evaluated studies that measured the relationship between eye gaze and activity in the 'social brain' when viewing facial stimuli. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2022
• February 2022