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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"restricted interests"”.
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Exploring the Employment Landscape for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders using Supervised and Unsupervised Machine Learning
… of communication, repetitive behaviors, and restricted interests. Employment rates of young adults with ASD is a national concern, and research suggests that young adults with “high functioning” ASD experience significant difficulty in transitioning to work. One of the goals of this study was …
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Exploration of gender influences in restricted and repetitive behaviors in children with autism spectrum disorder
… girls (n = 23) had more stereotyped (62.7%), restricted interests (58%), sameness (41%), compulsive (46%), ritualistic (36%), and self-injurious behavior (27%). Boys displayed RRBs and stereotypical behaviors. Girls demonstrate more repetitive behaviors than boys. RRB patterns and profiles …
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Examining Relationships Between Problem-Solving Style and the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ): Leveraging Adaption-Innovation Theory to Support Autistic Adults in the Workplace
… skills, and involving repetitive behaviors and restricted interests. However, these traits can be beneficial in the workplace, such as having high concentration, being detail-oriented, and possessing specialized knowledge in specific areas. These characteristics may originate from distinct …
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Emotion Regulation and Emotionality: An examination of correlates of social skills in young children with High Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders and Typical Development
… and the presence of stereotypic behaviors and restricted interests. Children with ASD also demonstrate difficulties in emotional competence, including poor emotion regulatory capacity. The goal of this study was to investigate the link of social skills to emotion regulation and emotionality in …
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Molecular Pathogenesis of Autism: A Role for Neurexin and Neuroligin
… communication, and repetitive behaviors and/or restricted interests. The strong genetic basis of these disorders, which was demonstrated by multiple twin and family studies, has prompted the search for candidate genes. Neurexin and neuroligin, trans-synaptic ligands for each other, are two …
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Biases in Children's Cognitive Styles: Investigating Local, Global, and Rule-Based Processing in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Typical Development
… across communication, social behavior, and restricted interests (American Psychiatric Association, 2000). To date, many attempts have been made to explain the cognitive profiles of children and adults with ASD. Three prominent theories, Weak Central Coherence (Frith, 1989), Systemizing …
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Motor Planning with Core Vocabulary: A Behavior Analytic Account
… communication and repetitive behaviors and restricted interests; American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013). It is estimated that 30-50% of individuals with autism do not acquire functional speech (Wodka, Mathy, & Kalb, 2013). These individuals would make appropriate candidates for …
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Examination of the reliability and validity of a new observation measure for autism spectrum disorders: the autism spectrum disorder observation for children
With increasing attention being drawn to autism spectrum disorders (ASD), specifically with regard to early and accurate diagnosis and treatment, researchers and clinicians alike have placed emphasis on finding assessment tools that can aid in this goal. The purpose of this study is to examine the …
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Atypical Lateralization of Language and Face Processing in Autism Spectrum Disorder
… as well as repetitive behaviours and restricted interests. Language and face processing are areas of domain-specific dysfunction impacting social interaction in ASD. Brain function associated with these cognitive domains is typically lateralized across the cerebral hemispheres, such …
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Investigation of de-novo copy number variants in patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Vietnam
… and interaction and the presence of restricted interests and repetitive behaviours. Genetic alterations contributing to increasing risk of ASD have been reported. Early genetic screening, especially for families with a positive ASD history, could aid the early diagnosis and …
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Coping, Context And Family Mental Health Within CBT For Autistic Children
… systemic factors (child depression, restricted interests and repetitive behaviours, parent distress, family stress related to child behaviour) were related to lower initial coping ability, suggesting that children experiencing higher levels of difficulties at the beginning of …
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Reward Neurocircuitry in Autism Spectrum Disorder
… disorder with social impairments and restricted interests. Early behavioural interventions often focus on reinforcing desired behaviours (e.g., eye contact) and reducing atypical behaviours (e.g., echoing others' phrases). A recent framework suggests reward system dysfunction to be at …
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Genetica molecolare dell'autismo: studi di associazione ed analisi di geni candidati
… limited reciprocal social interaction, restricted interests and repetitive behaviours. Twin and family studies indicate a large genetic contribution to ASDs (Autism Spectrum Disorders). During my Ph.D. I have been involved in several projects in which I used different genetic approaches …