"Tools currently being used to measure ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) traits are based on research based on male participants, meaning that they are not sensitive to how girls present," says lead researcher Dr. Joanna Tsirgiotis, from the College of Education, Psychology and Social Work at Fli...
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Masking is when someone suppresses or covers up autism traits in order to "fit in" better with those around them. Examples of this include imitating the way others speak or carry themselves, and practicing statements before saying them. Autistic people with low support needs are often better abl...
We examined to what extent increased parent reports of autistic traits in some children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are the result of ADHD-related symptoms or qualitatively similar to the core characteristics of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Results confirm the presence of ...
Stewart E, Cancilliere MK, Freeman J, Wellen B, Garcia A et al (2016) Elevated autism spectrum disorder traits in young children with OCD. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 47:993–1000. Zuckerman KE, Lindley OJ, Sinche BK (2015) Parental concerns, provider response, and timeliness of autism spect...
Thus, some traits that confer a favorable impression for one demographic subgroup may have a null or inverse effect in another. This process could reflect the combined workings of cultural and societal biases, whereby people associate appearance-based and superficial behavioral cues with certain ...
There is a growing recognition of sex and gender influences in autism. Increasingly, studies include comparisons between sexes or genders, but few have focused on clarifying the characteristics of autistic girls’/women’s physical health. A scoping revi
(ACE), coordinated by the NIH/ACC. The ACEs are investigating early brain development and functioning, social interactions in infants, rare genetic variants and mutations, associations between autism-related genes and physical traits, possible environmental risk factors and biomarkers, and a potential ...
In their longitudinal study, Dekker and colleagues [8] found an association between autistic traits in children at age 10–12 and parent-reported sexual problems in early adolescence (age 12–15). Although these studies offer insight into sexual functioning of adolescents and adults with ASD, ...
(2013) compared rates of participation in social activities among young adults with autism and those with intellectual, emotional, behavioral or learning disabilities. Individuals in the autism group were significantly more likely never to see or get called by friends, never be invited to activities,...