Sentences with phrase «people with autism also»

Also people with Autism also use services dogs.

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Many people with autism spectrum disorder also have an enhanced sensitivity to stimuli such as sounds or touch, and there's mounting evidence that abnormal brain connections — more in some regions, fewer in others — might play a significant role.

We think of people with autism as having a deficit in cognitive processing — but their distractibility could also result from having enhanced perceptual capabilities

ASD is usually defined by impairments in social interaction and communication, but many people with autism and Asperger's syndrome (in which symptoms are milder) also tend to fixate on and remember seemingly irrelevant information in their world.

Sex education programs may also help reduce the alarming rates of sexual exploitation of people with autism.

The largest of its kind, the study examined genetic data in 100,000 individuals including 40,000 people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia and also found that some of the genes identified as increasing risk for schizophrenia have previously been associated with other neurodevelopmental disorders, including intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorders.

It could also offer insights into why social interactions can break down for people with autism.

This helps us in everyday life, but it also holds great potential when trying to understand why people with autism and schizophrenia have difficulties with social interaction.

However, this is the first study to suggest those who have not been diagnosed with autism but had certain traits typical of autistic people were also more at risk of attempting suicide.

Savage said that in addition to health benefits that regular physical activity carries for everyone, it also can be especially powerful for people with autism.

Nugent, a journalist at Time magazine, also delves into the correspondence between nerdiness and people with Asperger's syndrome (a form of autism characterized by difficulties in social interaction and by restricted interests and activities).

Some scientists have maintained that this is because people with a psychotic condition are sometimes wrongly diagnosed as also having autism.

Sasson and Pinkham also observed that a higher IQ predicts better social skills among people with schizophrenia but not among those with autism.

In light of such success, Nancy Minshew, his colleague at the University of Pittsburgh, approached him with a question: Might it also benefit people with autism?

When the researchers reevaluated the participants two to six years later, they found that 9 of the 52 people with autism had since also been diagnosed with a psychotic condition; 10 of the 37 participants without autism had also developed some type of psychosis.

They also hint that treatments that restore the balance between excitation and inhibition could ease social difficulties in people with autism.

Epilepsy is also known to co-occur in many people with autism.

But a majority of people with autism spectrum disorders also have an altered tactile sense; they are often hypersensitive to light touch and can be overwhelmed by certain textures.

The researchers now plan to test whether the sniff - response pattern they've observed is specific to autism or whether it might show up also in people with other neurodevelopmental conditions.

The molecules produced during gluten digestion include exorphins, which have also been found in the spinal fluid of people with schizophrenia and autism, and are thought to worsen the symptoms of these neurological diseases.

It could explain why people with autism have restricted interests — because they find only very selective things rewarding — and it could explain the differences in language acquisition — because the neural circuitry involved in reward learning is the same circuitry that mediates both language learning and production,» says Abel, who also is the Roy J. Carver Chair in Neuroscience and UI professor of molecular physiology and biophysics.

They also speculated that the biomarker could be used as a tool in the clinical diagnosis of people with autism spectrum disorder.

Up to a third of people with fragile X also have autism.

Yawning also spread much less among people with autism.

DLGAP2, the other gene listed in the accompanying graphic, has also been implicated in the development of autism in a copy number variation (CNV) analysis of people with ASD.

It is also important for physicians to be aware that the prevalence of celiac disease is increased in certain high risk groups, such as insulin dependent diabetics, people with either Down's syndrome, IgA deficiency or autoimmune thyroid diseases, Alzheimer's or autism and children with juvenile arthritis.»

For people with autism, it's more difficult but this tip also applies.

Rich Smalley, a counselor at the school, also helped with the program after reading about yoga's benefits for people with autism.

North Yorkshire was also told to improve post-diagnosis support following «a large increase in the number of children diagnosed with autism», and in Nottinghamshire a group of schools was said to be «identifying a rise in the number of children and young people diagnosed with autism».

Of course, better detection and early intervention strategies have led to more intensive and focused assistance at an earlier age, but the digital tools available for the patient's support community — especially tablets such as the iPad that have literally hundreds of apps that can enable special needs users — have also meant greater educational access, more inclusion in social settings, and unheard of independence for people with autism.

Having a pet has been credited with reducing stress, lowering blood pressure and helping children become better, more confident readers, to name just a few examples, and various species are also proving to be helpful in working with people with Alzheimer's disease, depression, cancer, autism spectrum disorders and trauma.

They are now also used by those who use wheelchairs or have other impairment in mobility, people who are prone to seizures or need to be alerted to medical conditions, like low blood sugar, and people with autism or mental illness.

Service dogs are also trained to help people with psychiatric disabilities such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder, depressive disorder, autism, and post traumatic stress disorder.

We also provide dogs for children with autism, people living with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and are excited to launch a new pilot working with people living at home with dementia.

We are also seeing more people with autism than we were 30 years ago.

I know that there also studies that show there is some coralation between vaccinations and increases in autism, I am not saying that's causation but there are many doctors and people knowledgeable about autism that would disagree with you, so yes it is worth discussion.

Also, it offers a group life insurance for parents, guardians and supporters of people with autism, mental retardation and multiple disabilities.

While treatment for Asperger's Syndrome, Autism, Anxiety, and Depression are my specialties, I also work with people who struggle with addiction, relationship problems, sexuality uncertainties, self - esteem issues, grief, and difficulty with life transitions.»

With colleagues across the disciplines she is also examining the use of Australia's Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record by children with disabilities in the transition from child to adult health services, and safety in hospital for people with communication difficulties associated with stroke, cerebral palsy, or autWith colleagues across the disciplines she is also examining the use of Australia's Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record by children with disabilities in the transition from child to adult health services, and safety in hospital for people with communication difficulties associated with stroke, cerebral palsy, or autwith disabilities in the transition from child to adult health services, and safety in hospital for people with communication difficulties associated with stroke, cerebral palsy, or autwith communication difficulties associated with stroke, cerebral palsy, or autwith stroke, cerebral palsy, or autism.

I'm conscious that transition from school to adulthood and independence also presents a huge challenge for young people with autism and other special educational needs.