Sentences with phrase «like autism spectrum disorder»

Even children experiencing social cognitive challenges, like Autism Spectrum Disorder and Asperger Syndrome greatly benefit from the Approach, reducing the need for traditional mental health and medical interventions.

Now to me that seems very like an autism spectrum disorder.

The findings provide clues as to what may be altered in the brain to lead to neurodevelopmental conditions like autism spectrum disorder.

Scientists used CRISPR - Cas9 to shed light on why people with 15q13.3 microdeletion syndrome — a rare human genetic disorder — are more likely to develop brain disorders like autism spectrum disorder, epilepsy and schizophrenia (Karun K. Singh, abstract 103.05, see attached summary).

Not exact matches

Lucas has SPD like Jacob but, along with having that, he also has Autism Spectrum Disorder and significant language delays.

Before I dive into somewhat scary territory for new parents, I'd like to begin by saying my oldest son was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder in 2007.

Pittsburgh - area camps for children on the autism spectrum range from day camps like Quest Camp or The Woodlands Foundation's one - week overnight camp, both exclusively for children with special needs, to Camp WISP, The Watson Institute's «Watson Inclusive Summer Program,» which integrates kids with social disorders into mainstream day camp programs throughout the region.

Autism spectrum disorder encompasses a range of neurodevelopmental disorders, and includes conditions like autism and Asperger's synAutism spectrum disorder encompasses a range of neurodevelopmental disorders, and includes conditions like autism and Asperger's synautism and Asperger's syndrome.

McLean Hospital neuroscientists have found that even a brief episode of immune system activation within days of birth can cause persistent changes in sleep patterns concurrent with increases in epilepsy - like brain activity — a combination of symptoms common in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other developmental conditions.

«We often encounter children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder in clinical practice who would like to communicate with youngsters of their own age and at the same time experience every day that they meet with rejection because they are unable to understand many of their classmates» behaviour patterns.

Now, researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on July 2 have found that people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) don't make this natural adjustment like other people do.

While patients with neurodevelopmental disorders like intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder have clinical features which overlap, there is an enormous diversity of underlying genetic causes.

«It might be difficult to imagine why the large number of gene variants that together give rise to traits like [autism spectrum disorder] are retained in human populations,» co-author and genetics and neuroscience professor Joel Gelernter said in a statement from Yale University.

Alterations in the amygdala have been reported in psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety disorders like PTSD, schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder.

Drs. Ben Philpot, Mark Zylka, and Bryan Roth have been awarded a $ 1,050,000 grant from the Simons Foundation to identify drug - like compounds for the treatment of autism spectrum disorders.

Recent research indicates that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and conditions of similar pathology, like celiac disease and IBD, can be triggered by both intrinsic and extrinsic factors, including environmental toxins like glyphosate, dietary alterations, metabolic status, and intestinal permeability.

More studies have linked the microbiome to mental health issues, including depression, anxiety, attention problems, autism spectrum disorder, and neurodegenerative disorders like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, as well as autoimmune problems such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease, and multiple sclerosis.

This group of investigators hypothesized that the common occurrence of trance - like «staring episodes» could support an association with autism spectrum disorders (in which such episodes can occur) or seizure activity.

Sometimes toilet training children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with other behaviour problems, like being afraid of the toilet, going in places other than the toilet, filling the toilet with paper and other materials, continually flushing the toilet, smearing poo on the wall and other places, and refusing to poo.