The ADOS-2, autism and "complex psychiatric conditions"

The findings reported by Brenna Maddox and colleagues [1] caught my eye recently and the specific finding that: " The ADOS-2 accuratel...

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Low dose suramin and autism: a small RCT with potentially big results

'Low dose' has been a feature of my autism research reading this week; first starting with the results from Dan Quintana and colleag...

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Could an "ill-state" associated with anorexia nervosa mimic the symptoms of autism?

The question posed in the title of this post 'Could an "ill-state" associated with anorexia nervosa mimic the symptoms of aut...

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Detecting stereotypic behaviours through technology

" We have designed an Internet-of-Things (IoT) framework named WearSense that leverages the sensing capabilities of modern smartwatche...

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Subgroups in autism (without intellectual disability)

" Children with ASD  [autism spectrum disorder]  without ID  [ intellectual disability ]  could be differentiated into Moderate and Sev...

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Say my name

" At 9 months of age, infants developing ASD  [autism spectrum disorder]  were more likely to fail to orient to their names, persisting...

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ADOS via YouTube for autism 'triage'?

The paper by Vincent Fusaro and colleagues [1] and some accompanying press attention about this study caught my eye recently. Based on an ...

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Stability and trajectories in childhood autism

A quote to begin this post taken from the paper by Patricia Towle and colleagues *: " approximately 20% no longer had ASD diagnoses ...

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Assessing changes in autism (Bowie style)

' Ch-ch-ch changes ' is perhaps one of the best Bowie songs (that and ' Starman '). The lyrics ' Time may change me, but...

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