Autistic individuals are more likely to have chronic physical health conditions, particularly heart, lung, and diabetic conditions, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Cambridge. The results are published ...
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In the United States, girls represent only about 20% of autism diagnoses. While boys may simply be more likely to have autism than girls, mental health professionals suspect that girls are also more adroit at suppressing ...
Jun 29, 2020
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Autism is characterized in part by an individual's challenges communicating and interacting socially with others. These difficulties have typically been studied in isolation by focusing on cognitive and behavioral differences ...
Jan 27, 2020
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The independence that comes with growing up can be scary for any teenager, but for young adults with autism spectrum disorder and their caregivers, the transition from adolescence to adulthood can seem particularly daunting. ...
Dec 19, 2019
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Drugs known as "beta-blockers" have been used since the 1960s as a low-cost, safe and effective means to lower heart rate and control blood pressure. But now researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine ...
Sep 18, 2019
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Autism researchers from the Telethon Kids Institute have called for the term "high functioning autism" to be abandoned because of the misleading and potentially harmful expectations it creates around the abilities of children ...
Jun 20, 2019
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Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are more likely to experience bullying than children without ASD and this bullying gets worse with age, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University of ...
Jun 12, 2019
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New research has indicated that people with autism have an altered sense of self, which may explain some of the differences shown in social functioning.
Apr 3, 2019
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Recess, for most children, is synonymous with freedom. A break from class that has nothing to do with learning and everything to do with play.
Feb 21, 2019
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A recent study by Vanderbilt researchers of 11 counties in Middle Tennessee revealed that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) were nearly 2.5 times more likely than children without ASD to be reported to the Child ...
Feb 15, 2019
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