Speech therapy An Investigation into the Manifestations of the Core Deficits of Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Writing Process of Individuals with this Disorder UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE Jack S. Damico WeillChristine PienoThis research study investigates the manifestations of the core ...
DEFINING THE SOCIAL DEFICITS OF AUTISM: THE CONTRIBUTION OF NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION MEASURES Abstract Young autistic children were compared to normal and control samples on measures of nonverbal communication skills and object play skills. Deficits......
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a range of neurodevelopmental diseases characterized by social dysfunction and stereotypic behaviors. The etiology of ASD remains largely unexplored, resulting in a diverse array of described clinical manifestations and varying degrees of severity. Currently, there are no...
In comparison to monkeys injected with AAV-SaCas9 alone (n = 4), numerous autistic-like behavioral abnormalities were identified in the AAV-SaCas9-sgMECP2-injected monkeys (n = 7), including social interaction deficits, abnormal sleep patterns, insensitivity to aversive stimuli, abnormal hand ...
The core symptoms of autism are deficits in social interaction and language, and the presence of repetitive/stereotyped behaviors. We demonstrate that behaviors related to these symptoms are present in a mouse model of an environmental risk factor for autism, maternal infection. We stimulate the mate...
"There are no medications currently approved for the treatment of social communication deficits, the main symptom in ASD," said Dr. Elise Koch of the University of Oslo, lead author on the study. "However, most adults and about half of children and adolescents with ASD are treated withantipsy...
medication, and they were relatively large effect sizes of 0.7 and 0.8, so there was a potent difference between the 2 treatments," said Dr. Hollander, who is also director of the Autism and Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum program at the college and at Montefiore Medical Center in New York ...
Revisiting the neurofunctional approach: Conceptualizing the core components for the rehabilitation of everyday living skills Background: Introduced in the 1980s, the neurofunctional approach (NFA) is one of the few interventions designed primarily for clients with severe deficits... J Clark-Wilson,GM...
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a lifelong neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by two core symptoms: deficits in social interaction and communication and the presence of restricted interests and repetitive behaviors [1]. The genetic etiology and underlying mechanism remain elusive, even though the...
Malformations of the cerebellar vermis are associated with social and affective disorders, while cerebellar hemisphere malformations are linked to expressive language, gross motor, and executive functioning deficits, symptoms relevant to ASD (Bolduc et al., 2012; Tavano et al., 2007). Premature ...