This review aims to summarise and evaluate the potential mechanisms and evidence for the role of prenatal infection on the central nervous system, and how it... ...

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• 2013
• July 2013

We investigated the relationship between autistic-like traits in early childhood and age at menarche in typically developing girls. ...

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• 2011
• August 2011

The current investigation measured AT in 360 males and 400 males from the general population close to two decades apart, using the Pervasive Developmental... ...

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• 2011
• August 2011

This paper discusses changes in diagnostic criteria, decreasing age at diagnosis, improved case ascertainment, diagnostic substitution, and social influences. ...

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• 2010
• February 2010

Evidence that some children also develop autistic symptomatology over time has raised suggestions that developmental language disorder... ...

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• 2009
• July 2009

Andrew Whitehouse Watch and listen to Andrew AJ PhD Angela Wright Bennett Professor of Autism Research at Telethon Kids and University of Western Australia; Director, CliniKids Andrew.Whitehouse@telethonkids.org.au Angela Wright Bennett Professor of ...

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• 2021
• September 2021

Having a child on the autism spectrum (AS) is known to impact caregiver quality of life (QoL), time use, and stress. A co-occurring diagnosis of intellectual disability (ID) is common among children on the autism spectrum, with ID itself impacting caregiver outcomes. This study sought to understand how co-occurring ID in children on the autism spectrum may influence caregiver-related outcomes. Secondary analysis of survey data from caregivers of 278 children on the autism spectrum with (n = 62) and without (n = 216) co-occurring ID was conducted, exploring impacts on caregiver QoL, stress, coping, and time-use. ...

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• 2021
• June 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. ...

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• 2021
• May 2021

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

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• 2020
• January 2020

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

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• 2018
• April 2018

Couples can be supported in these key areas to strengthen their relationship to serve as a source of resilience for families with a child with ASD ...

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• 2019
• February 2019

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