"Autistic behaviors" refers to the actions, reactions, or ways of behaving that are typically seen in individuals with autism. These behaviors may include challenges in social interaction, repetitive movements or actions, and difficulty with changes or routines.
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In the interim, others are identifying interventions to address the disparities in diagnoses and treatments now, noting that differences
in autistic behavior may also warrant different treatments for girls.
This study examined the effects
of autistic behaviors and individual emotional and behavioral problems on parenting stress in caregivers of children with autism.
Results revealed that caregivers of children with mild /
moderate autistic behavior problems perceived lower parenting stress than did those of children with no or severe problems.
Already, at least one related drug from AstraZeneca is being evaluated in clinical trials as a candidate for
treating autistic behaviors.
Additionally, randomized, double - blinded, placebo - controlled studies in humans have shown that sulforaphane may have the ability to
improve autistic behavior checklist scores by 34 %!
«Exciting» findings in mice suggest that common drugs effectively treated core autistic behaviors
«These are
not autistic behaviors in a tadpole, but they are the consequences of the same fundamental circuit malfunction that leads to autism in humans,» Aizemnan said.
Furthermore, researchers from the California Institute of Technology found that some mice
exhibiting autistic behaviors no longer showed signs of autism when given probiotics.
ASDs include a range
of autistic behaviors, from some mild impairment of social skills to more severe conditions where children show little awareness of the outside world.
With autism, the inhibition is believed to be a little less than normal, so the excitatory neurons can become overactive, resulting
in autistic behaviors.
In one person, it could be OCD; in the next, it could be hyperactivity and inattention, anxiety, restricted eating, even hallucinations or
autistic behavior.
The results raise questions about previous scientific and non-scientific reports linking GI abnormalities to autism and
autistic behaviors.
«It suggests that
some autistic behaviors are a neurologic manifestation of a genetically based systemic, metabolic derangement.»
Dysfunctional activity involving an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain shows links to
autistic behavior, researchers say.
Through in depth research, she determined that certain foods common in the Western diet were associated with her daughter's
autistic behaviors.
It found that
the autistic behaviors and tendencies in the animals were reversed, leaving them to behave more socially correct and they showed a decreased overall inflammation.
Kissel S. Parents» perceptions of the severity of their child's
autistic behaviors and differences in parental stress, family functioning and social supports.