Rates of diagnosis of autism have risen since 1980, raising the question of whether some children who previously had other diagnoses are now being diagnosed... ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2008
• May 2008

Mother-infant interactions during the first year of life are crucial to healthy infant development. The infant-directed speech (IDS), and specifically pitch contours, used by mothers during interactions are associated with infant language and social development. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• July 2023

We argue that 'high functioning autism' is an inaccurate clinical descriptor when based solely on intelligence quotient demarcations ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• January 2020

Here we investigate these features in an animal model related to autism spectrum disorder - the DVD-deficient rat ...

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

The identification of reproducible subtypes within autistic populations is a priority research area in the context of neurodevelopment, to pave the way for identification of biomarkers and targeted treatment recommendations. Few previous studies have considered medical comorbidity alongside behavioural, cognitive, and psychiatric data in subgrouping analyses. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• February 2023

Early parent-child interactions have a critical impact on the developmental outcomes of the child. It has been reported that infants with a family history of autism and their parents may engage in different patterns of behaviours during interaction compared to those without a family history of autism. This study investigated the association of parent-child interactions with child developmental outcomes of those with typical and elevated likelihood of autism. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2023
• February 2023

Little is known about parent preferences regarding delivery methods of early interventions. This research examined, through parent report, the current and preferred delivery methods of seven common educational early interventions accessed by New Zealand children with autism spectrum disorder. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• September 2021

Impairment in social motivation (SM) has been suggested as a key mechanism underlying social communication deficits observed in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, the factors accounting for variability in SM remain poorly described and understood. The current study aimed to characterize the relationship between parental and proband SM. Data from 2,759 children with ASD and their parents from the Simons Simplex Collection (SSC) project was included in this study. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• May 2021

This large population-based study identified no consistent association across two cohorts between prenatal head growth and postnatal autistic traits ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• April 2018

Prevalence of overweight/obesity in children and youth with autism spectrum disorder, and associations between weight status and range of factors ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2016
• November 2016