Reported practice of some professionals in Australia may not be consistent with international best practice guidelines for ASD diagnosis ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2016
• September 2016

Identified no significant differences between the high- and low-risk fetuses in the rate of prenatal head and body growth throughout the 2nd and 3rd-trimester ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2016
• February 2016

This review aims to summarise and evaluate the potential mechanisms and evidence for the role of prenatal infection on the central nervous system, and how it... ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2013
• July 2013

Evidence that some children also develop autistic symptomatology over time has raised suggestions that developmental language disorder... ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2009
• July 2009

New research evaluating the potential cost savings of a therapy for babies displaying early autism signs has predicted a three dollar return to Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) for every dollar invested in therapy. ...

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• 2023
• April

Can you see signs of autism in a child's facial features? Telethon Kids researchers have acquired new face scanning technology to help answer this question. ...

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• 2016
• April

We used population data on Western Australian singletons born from 1984 to 1999 (n = 398,353) to examine the sociodemographic characteristics of children... ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2011
• March 2011

A link between developmental language disorders and atypical cerebral lateralization has been postulated since the 1920s, but evidence has been indirect and... ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2008
• December 2008

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. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2023
• April 2023

The human gut microbiome has increasingly been associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), which is a neurological developmental disorder, characterized by impairments to social interaction. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2022
• July 2022