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Submitted by cgold on May 7, 2013 - 11:00
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"Why do boys get diagnosed with autism four times as often as girls? New research, including some of the latest data from the International Society for Autism Research annual conference last week, addresses this question, one of the biggest mysteries in the field."
Submitted by djohnson on April 25, 2013 - 14:44
Submitted by djohnson on April 25, 2013 - 14:40
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Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine have figured out how to measure an infant's risk of developing autism by looking for abnormalities in his/her placenta at birth, allowing for earlier diagnosis and treatment for the developmental disorder.
Submitted by djohnson on April 25, 2013 - 14:24
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Journal of Communication Disorders
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According to this study, school-based speech language pathologists may be an untapped resource in the fight against bullying of children with ASD.
Submitted by djohnson on April 24, 2013 - 13:36
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Two recent studies have linked ‘mind-blindness’ to atypical patterns of brain activity in people with ASD.
Submitted by djohnson on April 23, 2013 - 12:39
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This study suggests environmentally driven changes to the epigenome may contribute to the development of ASD and ASD-related behaviors. The study, which involved identical twins who were discordant for ASD and related traits, is the first large-scale examination of the role of genome-wide DNA methylation in ASD.
Submitted by djohnson on April 22, 2013 - 12:52
Submitted by djohnson on April 22, 2013 - 12:33
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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
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Early results from this pilot trial of cognitive enhancement therapy (CET) indicate that despite above-average intelligence, verbal adults with ASD can have significantly impaired neurocognition and social cognition. The authors suggest CET, which is designed to remediate both social and non-social deficits through computer-based neurocognitive training, could be useful for cognitive rehabilitation in this population.
Submitted by djohnson on April 18, 2013 - 11:09
Submitted by djohnson on April 18, 2013 - 10:06
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Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
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With the number of people seeking ASD evaluations in adulthood on the rise, researchers sought to investigate how DSM-5 criteria would fare in a diagnostic clinic for adults with minimal intellectual disability. Compared to ICD-10R and DSM-IV-TR, DSM-5 specificity was good but sensitivity was poor: 44% of adults who met ICD-10R ASD criteria and 22% who met DSM-IV-TR criteria for Asperger syndrome or autistic disorder would not qualify for a DSM-5 ASD diagnosis.
