Research findings have corroborated the relationship between the functioning level of a child with ASD (including
autism symptom severity, IQ, communication skills) and family system characteristics and parental satisfaction with family functioning [30,31].
DLS was associated with change in parenting stress above and beyond DQ,
autism symptom severity, and problem behaviors.
There were no group differences on nonverbal IQ,
autism symptom severity, or words / gestures observed during follow - up assessment.
The two groups began the study with similar scores on a measure of
autism symptom severity.
Not exact matches
More recently, doctors have adopted the term «
autism spectrum disorder» to make it clear that the illness has many related variants that range widely in
severity but share some characteristic
symptoms.
Moreover, because
autism spectrum disorder encompasses a vast array of
symptoms and degrees of
severity, it is unclear exactly what part of the spectrum the mice best represent.
Autistic toddlers tend to have large brains for their age, and researchers have shown a correlation between the degree of excess growth and the
severity of
autism symptoms.
Though today's clinical tools do a really good job capturing boys at a young age, with a wide range of
symptom severity, they do it less effectively for girls,» adds Lauren Kenworthy, Ph.D., director of the Center for
Autism Spectrum Disorders, and another study contributor.
We want to give people tools they don't currently have, because research has shown that early intervention can greatly impact the
severity of the
symptoms common in
autism spectrum disorders.»
Children demonstrated increased understanding of nonliteral language and use of social skills, and a substantial decrease in the
severity of
autism spectrum
symptoms.
Years of studies in children on the
autism spectrum suggest they have an increased brain volume that may correlate with the
severity of their
symptoms.
«
Autism is such a heterogeneous disorder, and every patient presents with different
symptoms and levels of
severity,» said Lauren Libero, Ph.D., first author of the study.
«Brains with
autism adapt differently during implicit learning:
Severity of
symptoms correlates with brain adaptation measures.»
They also found that the
severity of an individual's
autism symptoms correlated with the brain's degree of adaptation to the patterns.
Salience network - based classification and prediction of
symptom severity in children with
autism.
«
Autism varies widely in
severity and
symptoms.
While the
severity of
symptoms can vary from one individual to the next, there are certain traits that are common to all people with
autism.
The
severity of the child's
autism symptoms and behaviors has been consistently found to be a strong predictor of parenting stress [42].
The quality of play and use of imagination help to indicate the
severity of
symptoms of
autism.
Clinician - based
autism severity ratings (based on the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule) did not significantly predict parenting stress; however, parental report of the severity of ASD - associated symptoms (from the Social Responsiveness Scale) showed a significant relation to s
autism severity ratings (based on the
Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule) did not significantly predict parenting stress; however, parental report of the severity of ASD - associated symptoms (from the Social Responsiveness Scale) showed a significant relation to s
Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule) did not significantly predict parenting stress; however, parental report of the
severity of ASD - associated
symptoms (from the Social Responsiveness Scale) showed a significant relation to stress.
Problem behaviors as assessed by the Child Behavior Checklist accounted for the largest proportion of the variance in parenting stress; adaptive behaviors and
severity of parent - or clinician - rated
autism - associated
symptoms did not uniquely contribute above and beyond problem behaviors.