Sentences with phrase «of people with autism»

Brain maps of people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) show different levels of connectivity between parts of the brain compared with typical individuals.

Almost 70 percent of people with autism said that staff education was important before being hired for a job.

«The majority of people with autism will have talents, but it's unusual to have extraordinary talents,» he says.

Interestingly, a small minority of people with autism do not seem to show this difference.

Sex education programs may also help reduce the alarming rates of sexual exploitation of people with autism.

For a start, research is challenging the original studies that apparently demonstrated the low IQ of people with autism.

Ultimately, roughly 60 percent of people with autism had a job when they left the program.

«We found that over half of the people with autism who used Vocational Rehabilitation services got jobs,» said Anne Roux, lead author of the report and research scientist in Life Course Outcomes at the institute.

«The first thing to say is that this research is in mice and the second is that only a subset of people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have gastrointestinal (GI) problems, so any implications of this research extrapolated to humans would not apply to everyone.

Research by other teams working with similar «organoids» suggests that the brains of people with autism also seem to have a higher number of inhibitory neurons, cells that act to damp down the signals transmitted through the brain.

Assessing Cognitive Flexibility, Communication, Social Interaction and Interest Patterns of Persons with Autism as a Basis for Intervention

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Each chapter identifies the good practices on inclusive education and employment of people with autism consistent with principles and obligations enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Articles 24 and 27).

They play as facilitators for the social inclusion of persons with autism and as multipliers for their enjoyment of other fundamental rights.

His comments came during Seven Days of Action, a campaign led by families to shine a spotlight on the thousands of people with autism and learning difficulties currently detained in some form of in - patient setting.

We think of people with autism as having a deficit in cognitive processing — but their distractibility could also result from having enhanced perceptual capabilities

Parents or siblings of people with autism are more likely to have some of the same visual - tracking problems that their affected relatives have

Selective Attention Remington and Swettenham studied a group of people with autism spectrum disorder, most of whom had Asperger's, along with normal controls.

Looking at that data, Drexel's researchers found that the number of people with autism who applied to Vocational Rehabilitation more than doubled between 2009 and 2014, going from 7,428 to 17,753.

THE first trial of a drug intended to rebalance the brain chemistry of people with autism has helped symptoms in most of the 25 volunteers who tested it — with reductions in irritability and tantrums, and improvements in social skills.

While the condition varies in severity, about three - quarters of people with autism are classed, in the official language of psychiatrists, as mentally retarded.

Dawson's field of research is the cognitive abilities of people with autism — people such as herself.

Other differences in behavior and communication that have been found in some first - degree nonafflicted relatives of people with autism are more noticeable and can sometimes be detected in casual conversation.

The New York Times has pointed to an intriguing study ostensibly showing that some small percentage of people with autism can «outgrow» their symptoms.

Savantism is not well - understood, but between a tenth and a third of people with autism may have some of these abilities.

A new study out in European Journal of Neuroscience could herald a new tool that helps physicians identify a sub-group of people with Autism spectrum disorders (ASD).

They also speculated that the biomarker could be used as a tool in the clinical diagnosis of people with autism spectrum disorder.

Because approximately 35 % of people with autism take at least one psychotropic medication to help control their symptoms, the authors of a Journal of Clinical Pharmacology commentary are calling for a formal evaluation of the potential relationship between gastrointestinal symptoms and the effectiveness of autism medications.

Professor Happe's research utilises cognitive experiments, neuroimaging and twin studies to improve the recognition, understanding and treatment of people with autism across the lifespan.

Without support, autistic girls can face a number of challenges and be «isolated and mistreated,» resulting in anxiety and depression, according to Julia Bascom, executive director of the Autistic Self - Advocacy Network, an organization run and composed of people with autism.

Protecting the Rights of People with Autism in the Fields of Education and Employment: International, European and National Perspectives

Also, it offers a group life insurance for parents, guardians and supporters of people with autism, mental retardation and multiple disabilities.

NHIS was launched by the National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disability.

This practical, accessible text introduces preservice SLPs to 12 evidence - based interventions that improve the communication and social skills of people with autism spectrum disorders.

He views these new contacts as opportunities to deepen his community's understanding and support of people with autism spectrum disorder and other special needs in his home state of Michigan.

«The flip side is, if you have just a little extra UBE3A — as a subset of people with autism do — and you combine that with less severe seizures — you can get a full - blown loss of social interactions.»

It is unknown whether the findings presented here will ever have any relevance to the vast majority of people with autism, who do not have abnormalities in the SHANK3 gene.»

More than 80 percent of people with autism who left Vocational Rehabilitation with a job worked part time — compared to 19 percent of the general population.

The A.J. Drexel Autism Institute's latest National Autism Indicators Report found that 60 percent of people with autism who received services from Vocational Rehabilitation left the program with jobs, but a majority earned wages below the federal poverty line.

Furthermore, because families are so essential in the lives of people with autism, family support that helps strengthen the family system is regarded as a vital element in providing effective intervention for people with autism.

After outlining the international and European dimensions of the legal protection of the rights to education and employment of people with autism, the book provides an in - depth analysis of domestic legislative, judicial and administrative practice of the EU Member States in these fields.

Fundamental rights for all people with disabilities, education and employment are key for the inclusion of people with autism.

Studies have reported altered methylation patterns in postmortem brains of people with autism.

But a majority of people with autism spectrum disorders also have an altered tactile sense; they are often hypersensitive to light touch and can be overwhelmed by certain textures.

SAP plans to hire a «whole bunch» of people with autism.

Research by other teams using organoids suggests that the brains of people with autism may also have a higher number of inhibitory neurons, cells that act to damp down the signals transmitted through the brain.

In 2010 biologist Valerie Hu of the George Washington University Medical Center and her colleagues found that brains of people with autism have low levels of a protein produced by a gene called retinoic acid — related orphan receptor - alpha (RORA).

About 10 to 15 percent of people with autism have a disorder linked to a known single - gene mutation, such as fragile X syndrome, or chromosomal alterations.

In 2007 a French team discovered a disrupted gene called SHANK3 in a small subset of people with autism.