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
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• Reports and Findings
• 2008
• May 2008

Mothers of children with intellectual disability or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have poorer health than other mothers. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2014
• December 2014

Behavioural differences in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder from simplex and multiplex families ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2014
• December 2014

Early supports to enhance social development in children with autism are widely promoted. While oxytocin has a crucial role in mammalian social development, its potential role as a medication to enhance social development in humans remains unclear. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2022
• October 2022

This study provided evidence for high rate of alternative medicine use in an Australian paediatric ASD population, similar to other countries. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2014
• January 2014

This paper presents a response to the Camarata (2014) lead article regarding the accuracy and effectiveness of early identification and early intervention... ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2014
• February 2014

Data linkage is the bringing together of specific datasets from different sources using demographic information on individuals within a population. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2013
• January 2013

The aims of this study were to compare the early and subsequent clinical courses of female subjects with Rett syndrome categorised by whether... ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2008
• June 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
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• 2023
• July 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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• 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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• 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
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• 2021
• May 2021