Sally (Asha Menina) and her mother (Kathleen Turner) return to America, where Sally begins to
exhibit symptoms of autism.
If you suspect that your child may be
exhibiting symptoms of autism, talk to your pediatrician before making any definitive conclusions.
Not exact matches
«We have discovered a small molecule compound that shows a profound and prolonged effect on
autism - like social deficits without obvious side effects, while many currently used compounds for treating a variety
of psychiatric diseases have failed to
exhibit the therapeutic efficacy for this core
symptom of autism,» said Zhen Yan, PhD, professor in the Department
of Physiology and Biophysics in the Jacobs School
of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at UB, and senior author on the paper.
«If scientists want to test drugs for dementia, Alzheimer's or
autism, ideal models would react similarly to humans in regards to the reduction
of symptoms, outbreak
of side effects, such as enduring the same lesions as humans do, or
exhibiting similar behavioral characteristics,» said Latham, who's with the College
of Agriculture and Natural Resources and an MSU AgBioResearch scientist.
It is very important not to use just any old brand
of cod liver oil when your child is
exhibiting symptoms of regressive
autism.
Problems with communication, specifically non-verbal cognitive ability, are a strong predictor
of externalising behaviour problems.3 Children with ASD
exhibit more severe internalising and externalising behaviours than non-ASD children, as well as a high prevalence
of aggressive behaviour.3 These behavioural challenges can often cause caregivers more distress and mental health problems than the core ASD
symptoms.4, 5 Increased child behaviour problems and parental (especially maternal) psychological distress compared with children without
autism is established early in life — by the time that children are aged 5 years.6 These co-occurring, behaviour problems are
of concern in early childhood because
of the importance
of these early years for longer term child developmental outcomes.7