Tag: ASD

Study suggests girls’ social camouflage skills may delay or prevent autism diagnosis

From the Children’s National Health System press release: On parent-reporting measures, girls with autism seem to struggle more than boys with performing routine tasks like getting up and dressed or making… Read more »

Gene expression study may provide insights into autism, other neurodevelopmental disorders

From the University of California – San Francisco press release: The human brain has been called the most complex object in the cosmos, with 86 billion intricately interconnected neurons and… Read more »

Study examines brain activity and anxiety symptoms in youth with autism spectrum disorder

From the Wiley press release: The error-related negativity (ERN) is a brain signal response to errors that is thought to reflect threat sensitivity and has been implicated in anxiety disorders… Read more »

Mothers of teens with autism report higher levels of stress, but optimism can be a buffer

From the University of California – Riverside press release: Anyone who has ever survived being a teenager should be well aware that parenting a teenager can be no easy feat. But factor… Read more »

Study suggests school exacerbates feelings of being ‘different’ in pupils with Autism Spectrum Conditions

From the University of Surrey press release: Negative school experiences can have harmful long term effects on pupils with Autism Spectrum Conditions, a new study in the journal Autism reports. Researchers from… Read more »

Study suggests potential treatment for autism, intellectual disability

From the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) press release: A breakthrough in finding the mechanism and a possible therapeutic fix for autism and intellectual disability has been made by… Read more »

Study suggests brain activity is inherited, may inform treatment for ADHD, autism

From the Oregon Health & Science University press release: Every person has a distinct pattern of functional brain connectivity known as a connectotype, or brain fingerprint. A new study conducted at… Read more »