Opinion / Viewpoint
Post-traumatic stress disorder may mimic autism in some children
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Clinicians need to be able to distinguish autism from post-traumatic stress disorder so they can provide the right support.
Tag: diagnosis
December 2018
News
National surveys estimate U.S. autism prevalence at 1 in 40
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About 1 in 40 children in the United States has autism, according to a survey conducted in 2016. Roughly 30 percent of those children were not being treated for the condition at the time.
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Slow onset may explain late autism diagnosis in some children
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Some autistic children don’t show traits of the condition until age 5 or later.
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November 2018
Features / Deep Dive
Why are there so few autism specialists?
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A lack of interest, training and pay may limit the supply of specialists best equipped to diagnose and treat children with autism.
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Features / Deep Dive
How history forgot the woman who defined autism
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Grunya Sukhareva characterized autism nearly two decades before Austrian doctors Leo Kanner and Hans Asperger. So why did the latter get all the credit?
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Motor, sensory traits refine autism definition in research framework
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Adding motor and sensory data boosts the accuracy of Research Domain Criteria — a broad research framework adopted by the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health — for predicting autism.
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Large Danish study finds autism prevalence rises with age
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The rising prevalence of autism is not leveling off, according to a new study that accounts for every diagnosis made in Denmark over 32 years.
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Autism diagnosis, explained
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New and improved autism screens and diagnostic tools promise to streamline the long path to an autism diagnosis.
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Revised test offers reliable way to track autism over time
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A recalibrated version of a widely used test for autism may accurately reflect autistic children’s development as they grow and become verbal.
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October 2018
Opinion / Reviews
Book Review: A mother finds reward in risk
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In “The Boy Who Loved Too Much,” a woman tries to cocoon her son, who has Williams syndrome, from life’s insults but later realizes her protective instincts carry dangers of their own.