Links between temperament and social-emotional difficulties are well-established in normative child development but remain poorly characterized in autism. We sought to characterize distinct temperament subgroups and their associations with concurrent internalizing and externalizing symptoms in a sample of 103 infants showing early signs of autism. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• December 2020

Naturalistic developmental behavioural interventions are promising approaches for young children with, or suspected of having, autism spectrum disorder. Joint attention, symbolic play, engagement and regulation intervention (JASPER) is a well-researched naturalistic developmental behavioural intervention but, to date, no reviews have specifically evaluated its effects. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• August 2021

We tested the hypothesis that these CNTNAP2 variants affect communicative behavior, measured at 2 years of age in a large epidemiological sample... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2011
• June 2011

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

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2009
• August 2009

Reading Disability is often characterized by difficulties in the phonology of the language. While the molecular mechanisms underlying it are largely undetermined, loci are being revealed by genome-wide association studies. ...

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• 2022
• November 2022

These findings highlight the critical need to evaluate the efficacy of future pneumococcal vaccine programs in the Australian Indigenous populations that recommend repeated doses of 23vPPV. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• May 2017

This is the first study demonstrating facial hypermasculinisation in ASD and its relationship to social-communication difficulties in prepubescent children ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• August 2017

In the Australian disability context, the assessment of children with neurodevelopmental conditions’ functioning (across all domains) is of increasing importance, particularly since the introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Currently, there is wide variability across assessment of functioning practices, including the choice and use of published tools for assessment. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• September 2022

Many clinicians in New Zealand do not follow guidelines for best practice in autism diagnosis. In this study, we investigated the processes that health professionals in New Zealand follow when diagnosing autistic children and adults. We asked 117 health professionals from a range of services and regions in New Zealand, how they identify and diagnose autism. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2021
• May 2021

Child temperament and caregiver psychological distress have been independently associated with social-emotional difficulties among individuals with autism. However, the interrelationship among these risk factors has rarely been investigated. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• December 2021