Current findings indicate that gender diverse children and adolescents with indicated ASD comprise an especially vulnerable group at risk of mental health difficulties ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• September 2019

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

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

We examine the level of comorbidity found between Autism spectrum disorder and Schizophrenia spectrum disorders at a clinical and trait level ...

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• 2016
• May 2016

Greater facial asymmetry has been consistently found in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) relative to children without ASD. There is substantial evidence that both facial structure and the recurrence of ASD diagnosis are highly heritable within a nuclear family. Furthermore, sub-clinical levels of autistic-like behavioural characteristics have also been reported in first-degree relatives of individuals with ASD, commonly known as the 'broad autism phenotype'. ...

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• 2021
• November 2021

ASD's are complex, pervasive and heterogeneous neurodevelopmental conditions with varying conditions, trajectories, significant male bias and unknown etiology. ...

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• 2017
• December 2017

Research has proposed that autistic-like traits in the general population lie on a continuum, with clinical ASD representing the extreme end of this... ...

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• 2013
• October 2013

This paper profiles the functional pattern of DNA variants found at a higher rate in patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), X-linked intellectual... ...

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• 2014
• June 2014

This research explored the relationship between the broader autism phenotype (BAP) among parents, an index of genetic liability for ASD, and proband... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2013
• April 2013

Investigating whether the presence and severity of nausea and vomiting may be related to symptom severity in offspring with autism spectrum disorder ...

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• 2018
• June 2018

Increased prenatal testosterone exposure has been hypothesized as a mechanism underlying autism spectrum disorders (ASD). ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2012
• October 2012

The deficits associated with intellectual disability (ID) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD)place a burden on their co-residing families which may impact... ...

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• 2015
• July 2015

Strictly defined cases of social (pragmatic) communication disorder and specific language impairment can be distinguished from autism spectrum disorder ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2016
• July 2016