Children with severe autism increasingly overlooked in research
The proportion of studies that include people with a severe form of autism has fallen over the past three decades.
International Society for Autism Research 2018
The proportion of studies that include people with a severe form of autism has fallen over the past three decades.
Toddlers with autism show less fear when confronted with something scary than do typical children or those with developmental delay.
Adults on the spectrum, gender issues, and the search for autism biomarkers were among the key themes at this year’s International Society for Autism Research annual meeting.
Europe’s largest port is about to get a little busier this week as members of the autism research community pour into Rotterdam, the Netherlands, for the 17th annual International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) meeting.
Many children eventually diagnosed with autism lose social skills between 18 months and 3 years of age. But few parents notice this trend.
The bulk of the increase in autism prevalence in the United States between 2000 and 2012 can be attributed to children on the mild end of the spectrum.
Children with autism show much less restraint when confronted with one of their interests, compared with their typical peers.
The proportion of children with autism considered to be minimally verbal in a study depends on the criteria researchers use to identify them.
A greater proportion of 3-year-old girls than boys with autism have psychiatric features such as anxiety and moodiness.
Mutations in certain genes contribute specifically to autism, and others only to developmental delay.