only ADHD, not ASD, was more common in children with NF1 than in the general child population. They related the notion of increased ASDs in NF1 to increased use of autism questionnaire scores due to co-occurring ADHD symptoms. They found that adaptive behavior in patients with NF1 showed n...
Screening tests do not diagnose autism. Done in the office, they are simple tests that indicate a problem may exist. They usually involve simply observing specific behaviors (for very young children) or how a child responds to simple commands or questions (for older children). Some widely used...
Using simple gestures, pictures, or eye contact to help them understand what you're saying Avoid: Having a conversation in a noisy or crowded area Saying things that have more than one meaning like "break a leg" Asking your child a lot of questions ...
People with autism can differ in their IQ in the same way as neurotypical persons can. An IQ can range from normal to genius in one autistic individual, but it can also fall into the average to much below average range in another. These people possess exceptional intelligence in certain area...
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However, early studies of individuals with dyslexia found no deficit in simple-paced tapping tasks67,68. Follow-up studies69,70 obtained mixed results in paced finger tapping, and difficulties depended on the exact tempo around 2 Hz. Still, we should note that we did find a subtle deficit...
Rest assured that while the Beast on the Bay is ending, the adapted course will continue on as an annual event. I want to extend a very special thanks to those who participated in the Beast on the Bay since its inception as well as the countless volunteers and supporters who made this ...
1.1 Apps for children with ASD and autism In particular, apps provide a resource with great potential for working on and encouraging the development of many skills, given the high number of apps avail‑ able and the quick and simple access to them (Gallardo-Montes et al.,...
When analyses were split between trials with simple versus complex emotions, we found significant group differences between autistic and control adolescents and adults in basic emotions (adults: χ2 = 10.59, pcorrected < 0.05, r = − 0.36; adolescents: χ2 = 5.8, pco...
It is difficult to talk about the entity sometimes called "autism," because the vocabulary found in the literature ranges from a simple "autism" to "autism spectrum disorder" (singular) or "autism spectrum disorders" (plural), "autism spectrum conditions," "the autism spectrum," or even ...