Evidence suggests that individuals with autism spectrum disorder have increased rates of co-occurring psychosis and/or bipolar disorder. Considering the peak age of onset for psychosis and bipolar disorder occurs in adulthood, we investigated the co-occurrence of these disorders in adults with autism. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• March 2022

Social attention can be acutely modified in children with ASD, with an increased tendency to orient attention toward faces after brief social attention training ...

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

Natural Language Sampling (NLS) offers clear potential for communication and language assessment, where other data might be difficult to interpret. We leveraged existing primary data for 18-month-olds showing early signs of autism, to examine the reliability and concurrent construct validity of NLS-derived measures coded from video-of child language, parent linguistic input, and dyadic balance of communicative interaction-against standardised assessment scores. Using Systematic Analysis of Language Transcripts (SALT) software and coding conventions, masked coders achieved good-to-excellent inter-rater agreement across all measures. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2023
• January 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. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2021
• September 2021

Exposure to surgery and anesthesia in early childhood has been found to be associated with an increased risk of behavioral deficits. While the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned against prenatal exposure to anesthetic drugs, little clinical evidence exists to support this recommendation. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2021
• September 2021

The present study investigated the relations among fetal testosterone, child socio-emotional engagement and language development... ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2013
• January 2013

This is the first study to link low gestational vitamin D to increased eating disorder risk in female offspring of Caucasian mothers. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2013
• June 2013

Preliminary evidence suggests that prenatal testosterone exposure may be associated with language delay. However, no study has examined a large sample of... ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2012
• January 2012

These data provide the first evidence for a broad autism phenotype expressed in a physical characteristic ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2020
• January 2020

Evidence suggests that individuals with autism spectrum disorder have increased rates of co-occurring psychosis and/or bipolar disorder. Considering the peak age of onset for psychosis and bipolar disorder occurs in adulthood, we investigated the co-occurrence of these disorders in adults with autism. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• January 2022