Turkovich says some studies
show autism rates are lowest where vaccination rates are highest.
Not exact matches
As the
rate of children with
autism in the U.S. continues to grow, a new study published today in top - ranked journal Pediatrics
shows that medical professionals can't rely solely on their clinical judgment to detect
autism risk.
The results demonstrated the expected higher
rates of
autism in males compared to females, but also
showed a significantly greater risk of
autism for siblings of females with
autism, compared to siblings of males with
autism.
«Previous studies have
shown that children with mood and anxiety disorders also have higher
rates of
autism symptoms, based on the Social Responsiveness Scale,» said senior author Carol Mathews, MD, who did the research while professor of psychiatry at UCSF.
The
rate of
autism and related conditions continues to climb sharply in the United States, with new figures
showing that 1 in 68 children has been identified with the serious communication and behavior deficits that lead to a diagnosis.
Attention - deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and
autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
show a high
rate of symptom overlap, with a substantial proportion of individuals with one of the conditions also meeting diagnostic criteria for the other (Rommelse et al. 2010).
Clinician - based
autism severity ratings (based on the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule) did not significantly predict parenting stress; however, parental report of the severity of ASD - associated symptoms (from the Social Responsiveness Scale) showed a significant relation to s
autism severity
ratings (based on the
Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule) did not significantly predict parenting stress; however, parental report of the severity of ASD - associated symptoms (from the Social Responsiveness Scale) showed a significant relation to s
Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule) did not significantly predict parenting stress; however, parental report of the severity of ASD - associated symptoms (from the Social Responsiveness Scale)
showed a significant relation to stress.