As autism becomes more prevalent, the need grows for services that help young people with the disorder to find and keep jobs, indicates new research led by Michigan State University education scholars.
Jul 22, 2015
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A brain-chemistry deficit in children with autism may help to explain their social difficulties, according to new findings from the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Jul 22, 2015
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(Medical Xpress)—In recent decades, autism diagnoses have dramatically increased in prevalence, and people with autism in the United States are now believed to number one in 68. Correspondingly, an increasing number of ...
Yale School of Medicine researchers will lead a national multi-center study of preschool and school-aged children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) to identify non-invasive biological markers (biomarkers) that could help ...
Jul 20, 2015
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A larger head size—or macrocephaly—is seen in many children with severe autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A new stem cell study of these children by Yale School of Medicine researchers could help predict ASD and may lead ...
Jul 16, 2015
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As early as 1943, when autism was first described by psychiatrist Leo Kanner, reports were made that some, but not all, children with autism spectrum disorder have relatively enlarged heads. But even today, more than half ...
Jul 15, 2015
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About 1 in 88 children has an autism spectrum disorder. This represents a 78% increase in the incidence of autism spectrum disorder since 2002 (although some of the increase may be due to improved diagnostic capabilities). ...
Jul 15, 2015
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Studies using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques are beginning to reveal differences in brain connectivity—the ways that different parts of the brain are connected to each other and work together—in people with ...
Jul 14, 2015
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Parenting can be stressful and parenting children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often means facing more challenges than those experienced by parents of typically developing children. The pressure can take its toll on ...
Jul 7, 2015
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Monash University researchers have developed the world's first tablet technology designed to assist children with developmental disabilities such as autism and Down Syndrome.
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