This study will examine the effect of the introduction of a shelter cat on social skills and
anxiety in children with autism, and on stress levels for the cats themselves.
These findings suggest a developmental link between parental sensitivity and the child's subsequent development of communication
skills in children with autism.
«The results of this study suggest that common gastrointestinal problems
occur in children with autism and should be evaluated,» according to the authors.
The researchers observed higher levels of
lead in children with autism throughout development, with the greatest disparity observed during the period following birth.
Recently published research by her team showed that oxytocin levels
vary in children with autism, which hints that different children may derive different levels of benefit from oxytocin therapy.
A new guideline for the nutrition of management gastrointestinal
symptoms in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) provides a framework for clinicians to navigate frequently seen issues such as food selectivity, alternative diets and nutritional deficits.
There is little research on the functional assessment and treatment of anxiety and related problem
behavior in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), particularly those with intellectual and developmental disability (IDD).
«This is the largest randomized trial of any behavioral
intervention in children with autism spectrum disorder, and it shows that parent training works,» notes Lawrence Scahill, MSN, PhD, professor of pediatrics at Marcus and Emory School of Medicine, who directed the study.
To see if EEG responses to this language task would also track with social
ability in children with autism, Kuhl brought 2 dozen 2 - year - olds with ASD into her lab.
Researchers from the MIND Institute at University of California, Davis, USA, found sex
differences in children with autism when looking at the organization of fibers in the corpus callosum, the largest bundle of nerve fibers in the brain.2
From the benefits of service animals for veterans with post-traumatic stress, to increased positive social behaviors
in children with autism when an animal is present, this groundbreaking research is helping the medical profession and the insurance industry understand the positive role pets play in improving human health.
«Autism Speaks Invests $ 2.3 Million in Research on Autism Gut - Brain Connection, «which makes these studies the first major funded GI initiative that investigates microbiome, biological stress and bowel disorder
treatment in children with autism.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) also completed their own study to assess if weighted blankets could help improve
sleep in children with autism, but they found that weighted blankets were not effective in helping children with autism fall asleep faster, sleep longer, or wake up at night any less frequently.
Parent training provided parents with specific strategies on how to manage serious behavioral problems such as tantrums, aggression, self - injury and
noncompliance in children with autism spectrum disorder.
Although unique genetic
variations in children with autism are nearly as rare as they are in the general population, comprehensive studies are starting to find patterns in disrupted genes and pathways
At a think tank meeting about autism several years ago, molecular geneticist Simon Gregory spoke with mainstream and nonconventional doctors about oxytocin, the so - called «love hormone» that some doctors were using to treat symptoms of social
disconnection in children with autism.
One night of poor sleep significantly decreases performance on intelligence
tests in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and also in neurotypical children (without ASD).
«Recruitment for clinical
trials in children with autism is one of the biggest challenges we face in studying potential treatments, and we found that process to be accelerated and streamlined by using existing online communities for enrollment,» said lead author Stephen Bent, associate professor of medicine at UCSF.
In their study, published in the June 2014 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the researchers looked at whether an Internet - based trial was a feasible way to evaluate whether omega - 3 fatty acids helped reduce
hyperactivity in children with autism.
«This is the first study that has examined how the patterns of intrinsic brain connectivity change with a cognitive
load in children with autism,» Menon said.
The research is the first to demonstrate that brain connectivity
in children with autism changes less, relative to rest, in response to a task than the brains of other children, he added.
The team has identified that connectivity between the thalamus, a deep brain structure crucial for sensory and motor functions, and the cerebral cortex, the brain's outer layer, is
impaired in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD).
Adding further support to the intersection of CNTNAP2 and language, Fisher's collaborator Daniel Geschwind of the University of California, Los Angeles, reported in January on an association between a variation in the gene and a delay in the use of first
words in children with autism.
In children with autism who have problem behaviors a full GI evaluation could be beneficial, especially in children who are non-verbal.
To find out how this deficit in eye - looking
emerges in children with autism, Warren Jones, Ph.D., and Ami Klin, Ph.D., of the Marcus Autism Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and Emory University School of Medicine followed infants from birth to age 3.
Differential immune responses and microbiota
profiles in children with autism spectrum disorders and co-morbid gastrointestinal symptoms — Destanie R. Rose — Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
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