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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Autism -- Research"”.
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NEW PHARMACOLOGICAL TOOLS FOR AUTISM RESEARCH: OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR MUTANT MICE AND ZEBRAFISH AS NEUROBEHAVIOURAL MODELS
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder which is characterized by severe and pervasive impairment in reciprocal socialization, qualitative impairment in communication and repetitive or stereotyped behaviour associated to resistance to change. Oxytocin (OT) is a peptidic hormone best known for its …
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A Comparative Study of Select Autism Advocacy and Research Organizations: Their Mission, Purpose and Focus Related to the Efficacy of Service(s) Provided to Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Autism has been prominently featured in the news headlines of the Western world for well over 30 years. A reported rise in the incidence of autism has sparked a corresponding increase of interest in research, treatment modalities, and political considerations related to Autism Spectrum Disorders …
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Exploring the spectrum: The heterogeneity of autism and associations with gastrointestinal inflammation
Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition that is highly heterogeneous in terms of pathophysiology and clinical presentations. While the aetiology is unknown, higher rates of gastrointestinal (GI) issues in autism may be mediated by the gut-brain axis with dysregulated inflammation affecting the …
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The educational experiences of Black individuals with late-diagnosed autism
Autism is increasingly diagnosed among children under 17 in Canada. As a result, Canadian literature explores the diagnostic processes, services, educational experiences, resources, and success of interventions for autism in young populations. Though this research is important, it fails to address …
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Empathetic Design: How Elementary School Environments Designed to Reduce Stress can Foster Inclusion of High Functioning Autistic Children
… This thesis combines current learning theory and autism research with a visual exploration of building types from six periods of American school design. The hope is to create Empathetic Designers who will inform design of future elementary school facilities.
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Autism in Vietnam: A Three-Part Study to Enhance Understanding of Vietnamese Parents’ Perceptions and Etiological Beliefs about their Children’s Autism Spectrum Disorder
… How parents make sense of the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may influence their decision-making processes (cognitive processes), their emotional well-being, and their relational well-being. The Illness Perception Questionnaire-Revised for Autism Spectrum Disorder (IPQ-R-ASD) …
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Disabling families: How parents experience the process of diagnosing autism spectrum disorders
… of their children being ‘diagnosed’ as having autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and identifies factors which contributed to these experiences. The investigation arose out of the researcher’s engagement with parents who appeared to be challenging the professional preoccupation that early …
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The role of Synaptic Genes NRXN1 and SHANK3 in Autism: an induced pluripotent stem cell study
Autism is a complex neurodevelopmental condition with hundreds of genes associated with its pathophysiology. A number of autism related genes have been reported to be strongly associated with the structural or functional aspects of neuronal connections or synapses. However, it is poorly understood …
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A treatise on language methods and language-games in autism
Although it is generally understood that autism is a developmental disability affecting social learning, my social constructionist perspective suggested to me that, strangely, current theories aimed at explaining the nature of autism appeared not to fully reflect the essential social aspects of …
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Prototype effects in high functioning children with autism
… the concepts and categorisation literature, to autism research. The studies reported here tested the claim that prototype formation and therefore prototype effects are impaired in autism (Klinger & Dawson, 2001). The claim is supported by other theories: weak central coherence (Frith, 1989; …
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Speaking for ourselves: autism and barriers to early intervention services in Cape Town
There is limited knowledge about autism as a disability in Africa: thus far, most autism research studies have been limited to families in high-income western countries, resulting in a gap in research regarding studies from low-income countries. Despite their vulnerability, people with disabilities …
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Critical window in autism : a study on Shank3
Autism and autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are clinically defined by the symptoms of social impairment and repetitive behavior, affecting 1 in 68 children in the United States. Because patients with ASDs typically display symptoms before the age of three, the ASDs are classically categorized as …
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Social Virtual Environments as ‘Third Places’: Co-Designing Socio-Relational Spaces For Autistic Young Adults
… of life of autistic young adults. Historically, autism research and intervention have focused primarily on childhood and have often been grounded in deficit-based frameworks. In contrast, contemporary perspectives informed by the neurodiversity paradigm emphasize autism as a form of human …
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Investigation of de-novo copy number variants in patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Vietnam
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder with a prevalence of approximately 1% children worldwide. ASD is characterized by deficits in social communication and interaction and the presence of restricted interests and repetitive behaviours. Genetic alterations contributing to …
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Matching Educational Interventions to Behavioral Phenotypes: Spatial Temporal Math as a Mathematics Achievement Intervention for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders
<p>Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs), a rapidly growing group of neurodevelopmental disorders, affect nearly all aspects of development. The knowledge base of ASDs has increased significantly over the past half century due to translational research models (Rutter, 1999). Basic science and applied …
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Towards a South African pedagogy of play for autistic learners: exploration, enjoyment, and empowerment
… dimensions. Moreover, the global disparity in autism research, predominantly conducted in Northern countries, neglects underrepresented communities from the Global South. Building on the experiences of predominantly Black participants, this study illuminates the intersectionality of autism and …
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Uncertainty Quantification and Structure Discovery for Scalable Behavior Science
… supporting the use of primate animal models in autism research. We additionally develop Marmoset100, a 100-hour RGB-Depth dataset of pairwise primate social interactions labeled with 25 high-level behaviors, and show that uncertainty representation in tracking estimates improves behavior …
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Novel Random Forest Methods and Algorithms for Autism Spectrum Disorders Research
… classification problems that are used for autism research (as an exemplary application). In observational studies, matching is used to optimize the balance between treatment groups. Although many matching algorithms can achieve this goal, in some fields, matching could face its own …
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The Relationships between Parenting Stress, Child Characteristics, Parenting Self-Efficacy, and Social Support in Parents of Children with Autism in Taiwan
Children with autism often place increased demands on their families due to the nature of their disorders. Research has repeatedly shown that parents of children with autism experience higher levels of stress and lower levels of overall well-being than parents of children with other disabilities, …
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