Researchers have shown that the so called 'autism epidemic' is due to an increase in the diagnosis of children with less severe behavioural symptoms. ...

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While early exposure to alcohol may influence the development of facial structures, it does not appear to be associated with ASD phenotypic variability ...

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Living with Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) Living with Type 1 Diabetes Living with Cystic Fibrosis Living with attention deficit hyperactivity ...

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Birth order effects have been linked to variability in intelligence, educational attainment and sexual orientation. First- and later-born children have been linked to an increased likelihood of an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) diagnosis, with a smaller body of evidence implicating decreases in cognitive functioning with increased birth order. The present study investigated the potential association between birth order and ASD diagnostic phenotypes in a large and representative population sample. ...

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Andrew Gail Whitehouse Watch and listen to Andrew Alvares AJ GA PhD PhD Angela Wright Bennett Professor of Autism Research at Telethon Kids and ...

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Who is doing this research? Investigators (1-5 are from Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia) Dr Kiah Evans ...

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The clinical process for being evaluated for an autism diagnosis is often time consuming and stressful for individuals and their caregivers. While experience of and satisfaction with the diagnostic process has been reviewed in the literature, few studies have directly investigated the viewpoints of individuals diagnosed with autism and caregivers of autistic individuals about what is important in the autism diagnostic process. ...

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In this study, we used 134 204 mother population to examine the odds of ASD with intellectual disability in children from 1994 to 2005 with these features ...

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Fetal head circumference (HC) growth was examined prospectively in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). ...

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This study provides the first evidence for the association between restricted and repetitive behaviors and age of attainment of early motor milestones. ...

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