Mothers of children
with autism showed remarkable strengths in the parent — child relationship, social support, and stability of the household in the context of high stress and poorer mental health.
They found mothers of children
with autism showed significantly strength in the parent - child relationship, social support, and stability of the household in the context of high stress and mental health issues.
Infants later diagnosed
with autism showed declining attention to the eyes of other people, from the age of 2 months onwards.
The test, Raven's Progressive Matrices, usually entails both visual and symbolic reasoning, although brain imaging of study subjects
with autism showed they were able to score well using only the areas of their brains associated with visual processes.
Larger studies are needed to sort out whether all toddlers
with autism show this pattern of disinterest, scientists say.
«Adults
with autism show a diminished brain response to hearing their own name.»
Young Children
with Autism Show Atypical Brain Responses to Fearful versus Neutral Facial Expressions of Emotion.
Females
with autism show greater difficulty with day - to - day tasks than male counterparts (Medical News Today)
Young children
with autism show atypical brain responses to fearful versus neutral facial expressions
Not exact matches
Our founder, Naomi, promised him she would provide help for families
with autism as a
show of solidarity when she founded the company ten years ago — and at Better Batter, we keep our promises!
They have some kind of research or evidence that
shows that what they are doing is successful and improving social skills for kids
with Autism.
AMC partners
with the
Autism Society to offer unique movie
showings where the lights turn up, the sound turns down, and folks can get up, dance, walk, shout, or sing!
AMC Theaters offers two
showings per month in partnership
with the
Autism Society.
They're usually not just a statistical comparison of the two groups because it would probably
show more vaccinated kids
with Autism for the simple reason that over 90 % of the general population are vaccinated.
In early intervention, we can not diagnose a child
with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), we can only tell a parent if their child is
showing developmental delays and if we see certain red flags that may indicate a child needs further evaluation to...
More especially (and probably in a little biased way) I love how my 6 year old
with Autism manages to sit wriggle free for the entire
show (wonder if I could buy one of those seats for home?).
• fathers (including fathers of children
with autism) who inhaled oxytocin via a nasal spray
showed less hostility and stimulated their child's exploration better than dads who had been given a placebo (Naber et al, 2010; 2013)
But a new study
shows that the benefits of having a new pet are substantial for children
with autism.
New studies have
shown that parents are better coping
with an
autism diagnosis and go on to have strong bonds
with their children.
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Studies
show that relatively large doses (3 to 5 mg) given 30 minutes before bedtime can help, especially in children
with developmental disorders such as ADHD and
autism.
This video from the Kennedy Krieger Institute, in Baltimore, features three children who
show early signs of
autism spectrum disorder playing
with toys and interacting and communicating
with others.
It is absolutely, positively, unbelievably amazing that a big - deal
show on Broadway
show figured out ways to accommodate kids
with autism.
«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.
On a further positive note, related research
shows that there are simple and effective strategies that can enhance the evidence that people
with autism give and improve their credibility as witnesses.
SPECTRUM NEWS VIDEO: Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara, chair of the Assembly Sub-committee on
Autism Spectrum Disorders, joins the show to talk more about Project Lifesaver and other programs for Capital Region children and families dealing with a
Autism Spectrum Disorders, joins the
show to talk more about Project Lifesaver and other programs for Capital Region children and families dealing
with autismautism.
Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara, chair of the Assembly Sub-committee on
Autism Spectrum Disorders, joins the show to talk more about Project Lifesaver and other programs for Capital Region children and families dealing with a
Autism Spectrum Disorders, joins the
show to talk more about Project Lifesaver and other programs for Capital Region children and families dealing
with autismautism.
Tiny balls of brain tissue made from donated stem cells from children
with autism or a condition that makes them hyper - sociable
show intriguing differences
Previous studies have
shown that inherited mutations in a gene (called TMLHE) that is required for carnitine biosynthesis are strongly associated
with risk for development of
autism - spectrum disorders, but the basis for that association has been unclear — until now.
A special retelling of The Tempest
shows how people
with autism may be able to tap into the rhythmic heart of Shakespeare's plays
The latest findings
show that genetic defects in the body's ability to manufacture carnitine might be associated
with an increased risk of
autism because carnitine deficiency interferes
with the normal processes by which neural stem cells promote and organize embryonic and fetal brain development.
Children
with autism who participated in a 10 - week, 40 - hour, theatre - based program showed significant differences in social ability compared to a group of children with autism who did not participate, according to a Vanderbilt study published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Diso
autism who participated in a 10 - week, 40 - hour, theatre - based program
showed significant differences in social ability compared to a group of children
with autism who did not participate, according to a Vanderbilt study published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Diso
autism who did not participate, according to a Vanderbilt study published in the Journal of
Autism and Developmental Diso
Autism and Developmental Disorders.
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.
Those results square
with another recent study, presented at the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) meeting in October 2012,
showing that after a dose of oxytocin, men
with autism were better able to understand difficult - to - read emotions conveyed in photographs
showing only people's eyes.
Previous work has
shown that people
with autism pay less attention to socially relevant parts of scenes.
One quarter of U.S.parents are reluctant to get their children vaccinated, and thousand shave filed lawsuits alleging that vaccines caused
autism in their kids. Allen, a journalist
with a decade - long interest in this topic,
shows that unlike other medical procedures, vaccination has inspired organized resistance movements throughout its history.
Further research
showed that fetal mice bred to lack these molecules — like animals lacking MHCI, and like humans
with autism or schizophrenia — undergo inadequate synaptic pruning in some parts of their brains.
These kinds of social skills typically are difficult for kids
with autism, but this study
showed children's assertiveness was greater if they lived
with a pet.»
But these copy - number variants (CNVs) tend to be extremely rare,
showing up in less than 1 % of children
with autism.
LISSA has
shown promise in preliminary tests aimed at improving the conversational chops of college students attending speed - dating sessions and individuals
with autism spectrum disorders.
«Cannabidiol benefits and mechanisms
shown in mouse study of Dravet syndrome: Cannabidiol treatment reduces seizures and
autism - like behaviors in mice
with this genetic condition.»
«Adults
with autism at higher risk of sexual victimization, study
shows.»
«Tests
show no specific gastrointestinal abnormalities in children
with autism.»
Intestinal biopsy samples
showed mild levels of microscopic inflammation in some of the children
with autism, as well as in some of the non-autistic children.
The findings add to the growing evidence that girls
with autism may
show symptoms differently than boys, and that some of the social difficulties experienced by females
with autism may be masked during clinical assessments.
In 2013, researchers
showed that in some cases, people
with autism are unusually good at perceiving motion, and this counterintuitive result is actually consistent
with weak normalization in the visual system3.
«Previous studies have
shown that individuals
with autism are at special risk for health challenges like obesity, as well as for secondary conditions like depression and diabetes.»
Interestingly, a small minority of people
with autism do not seem to
show this difference.
He points out that half of the children
with the syndrome also
show some features of
autism.
Children
with autism, which
shows signs of being a father - dominated imprinting disorder, are more likely to have had placentas that grew aggressively in the womb, for example.