Reduced frontal power at 3 months may indicate increased risk for reduced expressive language skills at 12 months. ...

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• 2017
• September 2017

Based on population data from 5 countries, the heritability of ASD was estimated to be approximately 80% ...

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• 2019
• July 2019

Significantly greater depth-wise facial asymmetry was identified in autistic children relative to the two comparison groups ...

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• 2019
• December 2019

Findings show that indicators of a poor intrauterine environment are associated with an elevated risk of ID, while for ASD, and particularly ASD without ID,... ...

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• 2013
• January 2013

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

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• 2009
• August 2009

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• 2008
• July 2008

Past research has highlighted the importance of early identification of developmental differences to improve targeted access to early interventions or supports. As such, it is of particular importance in the context of children at elevated likelihood of autism (such as where an older sibling has a diagnosis of autism), to better understand when and which early concerns are important as predictors of which children will benefit from pre-diagnostic supports. ...

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• 2024
• April 2024

Andrew Gail Whitehouse Watch and listen to Andrew Alvares AJ GA PhD PhD Angela Wright Bennett Professor of Autism Research at Telethon Kids Institute; Director, CliniKids Senior Research Fellow 08 6319 1698 Andrew.Whitehouse@telethonkids.org.au ...

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Our previous cross-sectional investigation (Chetcuti et al., 2020) showed that infants with autism traits could be divided into distinct subgroups based on temperament. This longitudinal study builds on this existing work by exploring the continuity of temperament subgroup classifications and their associations with behavioral/clinical phenotypic features from infancy to toddlerhood. ...

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• 2022
• December 2022

With increasing demands for health, disability and education services, innovative approaches can help distribute limited resources according to need. Despite an increased focus on support needs within the clinical pathway and policy landscape, the body of research knowledge on this topic is at a relatively early stage. However, there appears to be a sense of unmet support needs and dissatisfaction with the provision of required support following an autism diagnosis amongst caregivers of young people on the spectrum. ...

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• 2022
• November 2022

Reduced eye contact early in life may play a role in the developmental pathways that culminate in a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. However, there are contradictory theories regarding the neural mechanisms involved. According to the amygdala theory of autism, reduced eye contact results from a hypoactive amygdala that fails to flag eyes as salient. However, the eye avoidance hypothesis proposes the opposite-that amygdala hyperactivity causes eye avoidance. This review evaluated studies that measured the relationship between eye gaze and activity in the 'social brain' when viewing facial stimuli. ...

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• 2022
• February 2022

In this population-based cohort that included 2,084 children with autism aged ≤6 years, over one-third met the criteria for motor difficulties ...

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• 2020
• February 2020