Sentences with phrase «on autism spectrum disorders»

Oberman's research focuses on autism spectrum disorders.

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She was born on the autism spectrum and 1992 was the first year that autism spectrum disorder appeared as a term in the literature.

One in 34 children in that state, or 3 percent, fall on what's called the autism spectrum, which encompasses a range of social, behavioral and learning disorders ranging from the barely noticeable to the profoundly debilitating.

Independent Home and Health Services provides supported and independent living services and support to persons with developmental delays, physical challenges, mental disorders, as well persons on the Autism Spectrum.

The team has been conducting research on robot - assisted therapy for children with autism spectrum disorders for the past five years.

She is also the senior speech — language pathologist on staff at an intensive partial — hospitalization program for autism located at a major public research university located in Los Angeles, California, where Sarah has provided therapy to hundreds of children with autism spectrum disorders and conducted research into various treatment modalities.

In the past, the API Live teleseminars have featured Dr. Kathleen Kendall - Tackett discussing parental depression, Dr. Bob Sears chatting about autism spectrum disorders, Mothering magazine editor Peggy O'Mara discussing how we can get real with ourselves and our children, Ina May Gaskin speaking on the topic of the gift of loving your best birth, and much more.

So autism spectrum disorders are diagnosed based on a set of features.

Debra specializes in teaching reading and writing to elementary school children who are learning disabled, on the autism spectrum, have attention deficit disorders, dyslexia, and who are «twice exceptional» (gifted with learning differences).

My boys both have Sensory Processing Disorder, and my youngest is also on the Autism Spectrum, so they both took longer to develop the awareness that they had soiled themselves and even longer to realize when they needed to go to the bathroom.

However, all parents want to know what to do next to help their child, and it is important to focus on taking action once your child is given a diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder.

* Designed for children on the Autism Spectrum and with sensory processing disorders, the Social Narrative is an appropriate resource for all children curious about what to expect from a typical camp day.

Developed by our education staff and designed for children on the Autism Spectrum and with sensory processing disorders, the Social Narrative is an appropriate resource for all children curious about what to expect from a typical visit to the Nature Museum.

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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.

She goes on to suggest that «the answer to the epidemic of developmental disabilities,» including autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, sensory processing disorder, severe speech delay, seizure disorders, and motor impairments, «we are seeing may be found in this vulnerable period.»

As Autism prevalence grows, with one in 68 children on the spectrum, it is one of the fastest - growing developmental disorders in the nation.

I specialize in Autism and disorders on the spectrum as well as Down syndrome.

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.

But Abigail, who is on the autism spectrum and has a seizure disorder, was 9 years old at the time.

While the new gear can be used by all kids, it is designed especially for children on the autism spectrum and with sensory processing disorder to improve their balance, social interaction and physical coordination.

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).

The study also showed that the genetic influences on intelligence are highly correlated with genetic influences on educational attainment, and also, albeit less strongly, with smoking cessation, intracranial volume, head circumference in infancy, autism spectrum disorder and height.

When animals are present, children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) have lower readings on a device that detects anxiety and other forms of social arousal when interacting with their peers.

The syndrome, which is caused by a mutation on the X chromosome, can cause intellectual disability, attention deficit disorder and autism spectrum disorders.

A mutation on the X chromosome, above, causes fragile X syndrome, which can cause intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorders.

After a decade of speculation, argument, and analysis — often filled with vitriol on both sides — the court specifically denied any link between the combination of the MMR vaccine and vaccines with thimerosal (a mercury - based preservative) and the spectrum of disorders associated with autism.

The results suggest that on their own, ultrasounds don't cause autism spectrum disorder, says Sara Jane Webb of Seattle Children's Research Institute and the University of Washington, who cowrote a JAMA Pediatrics companion piece.

People with the disorder, which falls on the autism spectrum, lack social intuition and may fixate on obscure topics.

Schmid says enhancing habituation and sensory filtering in autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia might have beneficial effects not only on hyper - and hyposensitivity, but also on cognitive function.

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).

«One in three teens with autism spectrum disorder receives driver's license: First large - scale study on driving outcomes among adolescents with ASD suggests families» decision to drive occurs before learner's permit.»

In the United States, the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders has increased about tenfold over the past two decades, and a 2003 report by the Centers for Disease Control suggests that as many as one in every 166 children is now on the autism spectrum, while another one in six suffers from a neurodevelopmental delay.

Researchers will discuss the study abstract, «Impact of Tracking Device Technology on Quality of Life for Families with a Child with an Autism Spectrum Disorder,» during a platform presentation on Saturday, May 6, at the Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco.

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.

Neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are on the rise, but its underlying mechanisms are poorly understood.

Scientists at UNC's Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute spearheaded the project, screening 29,000 articles about autism spectrum disorders (ASD) to locate the soundest research on interventions for children from birth to age 22.

Now, researchers have discovered distinct brain activity that can predict how well kids with disorders on the autism spectrum will fare long - term.

People with this rare genetic disorder are overly sociable and visuo - spatially impaired — conspicuously opposite to the hypothesized Neanderthal propensities and more typical cases on the autism spectrum.

Children with the syndrome are more prone to attention deficit disorder and a diagnosis on the autism spectrum; display physical features such as flat feet, a prominent jaw and forehead, and a long and narrow face, and may have anxiety.

Disclosure: Muotri is a co-founder and has equity interest in TISMOO, a company dedicated to genetic analysis focusing on therapeutic applications customized for autism spectrum disorder and other neurological disorders with genetic origins.

«Future work should focus on identifying and preventing prenatal infections and inflammatory responses that may contribute to autism spectrum disorder,» says senior author W. Ian Lipkin, John Snow Professor of Epidemiology and director of CII.

The infants were divided into two groups, based on their risk for developing an autism spectrum disorder.

A team led by researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) this week publishes in PNAS a new analysis of data on the genetics of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

«The idea is that during evolution these variants that have positive effects on cognitive function were selected, but at a cost — in this case an increased risk of autism spectrum disorders.»

Andrew Kennedy, assistant chemistry professor at Bates College in Lewiston, is working on a genetic treatment for a rare autism - spectrum disorder.

The impact of multisensory integration deficits on speech perception in children with autism spectrum disorders.

«There has for some time been a great interest in the exposure on antidepressants in pregnancy and the risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

His research focuses on normal molecular mechanisms of brain development and genetic perturbations that underlie disorders of human cognitive development, such as in severe autism spectrum disorders.

The Shank 3 gene this research focuses on represents a syndrome in which autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is common but, as the authors admit, the model only accounts for 0.5 to 2 per cent of ASD and intellectual disability cases.