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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Autistic disorder"”.
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Evaluation of a Developmentally-Based Music Therapy Tool for Children with Autism
… music therapy assessment tool for children with autistic disorder: the Autism Developmental Skillset Assessment (ADSA). Participants included one child with autistic disorder (N = 1, male, age 3) and board certified music therapists (N = 4). Five children enrolled in this study, however, there …
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PERCEPTIONS OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND LEARNING DISORDERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS: A REVIEW OF SERVICES, PERCEPTON, AND POPULAR CULTURE
… where students with disabilities such as Autistic Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder, and Learning Disorders have been completely removed from an education with their non-disabled peers. Popular culture has also played a role in developing these policies and stereotypes and stigmas of …
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Boundaries of the cognitive phenotype of autism: social cognition and central coherence in young people with autistic traits and their first degree relatives
Autism is a behaviourally defined disorder. The impairments in social communication and repetitive behaviours are individually non-specific. The disorder has indistinct boundaries both with other psychiatric disorders and with normal personality types. At the cognitive level, groups of people with …
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Vaikų pasižyminčių autizmo sindromu, ugdymo patirtis Airijoje /
… present Bachelor thesis analyses children with autistic disorder educational possibilities in Ireland. A reasearch aim has been formulated in order to study autistic pupils educational experiences and opportunities of the Irish education system, indicating teaching difficulties faced by special …
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Developing an interactive social-emotional toolkit for autism spectrum disorders
… for persons diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) including Autistic Disorder (AD) and Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS), the target groups for the intervention, as well as for persons with Asperger's Syndrome (AS). The iSET intervention was tested …
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Group Art Therapy for Repetitive Symbolism of an Austistic Adolescent
… member, 18 years of age, who was diagnosed with autistic disorder, bilateral sensori-neural hearing loss, and emotional disturbance. The subject was hypothesized to experience greater mastery, freedom and expression in her artwork through a series of structured art therapy interventions within …
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The Impact of Birth Order on Language Development in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Simplex Families
… have interesting ramifications when considering autistic children, as language impairments are characteristic of the disorder. The current study investigated the impact of birth order, in particular having an older, typically-developing sibling, on vocabulary and social language development in …
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Comparing symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorders using the current DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria and the proposed DSM-V diagnostic criteria
Children diagnosed with Autistic Disorder (AD), Asperger’s Disorder (AS), and Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS) share overlapping diagnostic criteria. As a result, there has been an enduring debate regarding the appropriateness of the current categorical …
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The Baby and Infant Screen for Children with Autism Traits: A DSM-5 Update
… surrounding the investigation of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has increased exponentially since it was initially described over a half-century ago. With this passage of time our conceptualization of the ASD diagnosis has undergone multiple changes. An increasing trend in research has been an …
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AD/HD and autism spectrum disorders in adults
Background: Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) and autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are early-onset, but often life-time impairing, neurodevelopmental disorders. They are highly overlapping and seem to carry considerable risks of negative outcomes, psychiatrically and psychosocially. …
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Factors that infuence age of identification of children with autism and pervasive developmental disorder nos
Early diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is crucial because early identification can lead to early intervention, which has been shown to improve the outcome of children diagnosed with ASD. This study explored the current mean age of diagnosis of Autism and Pervasive Developmental …
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Neuronal PAS Domain 1 Protein and Its Hypothetical Relationship to Autism
… several variations in NPAS1 have been found in autistic children. It was found that NPAS1-deficient mice are born with larger than normal brains that contain an over-abundance of neurons in the cortex, as well as a significant increase in hippocampal neurogenesis. The NPAS1-deficient mice also …
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Molecular Pathogenesis of Autism: A Role for Neurexin and Neuroligin
The Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) represent a clinically heterogeneous group of diseases that share deficits in three core domains: social interaction, communication, and repetitive behaviors and/or restricted interests. The strong genetic basis of these disorders, which was demonstrated by …
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Factor Analysis and Cut-Off Scores for the Autism Spectrum Disorders-Observation for Children
… prognoses for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) often rely upon early intervention; thus, there has been a call for reliable and valid assessment tools in order to ensure accurate diagnoses among youth at risk for developmental disabilities (DDs) such as autism. The target of …
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Abnormal cell patterning at the cortical gray-white matter boundary in autism spectrum disorders
… cortex of individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). These patterning abnormalities include irregularities at the gray-white matter boundary and may implicate early neurodevelopmental events such as migration in altering cortical organization in ASD. The present study utilized a novel …
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Perfil funcional e sensorial de crianças com autismo: implicações para a terapia ocupacional
… Children with autism or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their families need the care of a multidisciplinary team and occupational therapy usually is involved, because the child may have difficulties in daily activities such as self-care tasks, play, leisure, social participation and …
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Functional genomics studies of human brain development and implications for autism spectrum disorder
… is believed to underlie many neurodevelopmental disorders, such as autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Autism has a significant genetic etiology, but there are hundreds of genes implicated, and their functions are heterogeneous and complex. Therefore, an understanding of shared molecular and …
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Autism and Parental Marital Satisfaction: The Role of Adequacy of Resources
… Rating Scale (GARS), which measured severity of autistic behavior, the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS), which assessed parents’ reports of their marital satisfaction, and the Perceived Adequacy of Resources Scale (PARS), which measured parents' perceptions of the adequacy of their resources.</p> …
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Effect of High Antioxidant Cacao Consumption on Behaviors in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
<p>BACKGROUND- Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) demonstrate a physiological imbalance between free radicals, resulting from oxidative stress, and antioxidants. Oxidative stress is linked to the pathogenesis of this neurocognitive disorder. The objectives of this pilot feasibility study: …
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The Efficacy of Melodic Based Communication Therapy for Eliciting Speech in Nonverbal Children with Autism
<p>The purpose of this dissertation is to compare the efficacy of Melodic Based Communication Therapy (MBCT) to traditional speech and language therapy for eliciting speech in nonverbal children with autism. Efficacy was assessed by number of: verbalizations, correct words, words reported by …
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