IMFAR, the autism numbers game and 12% showing 'optimal outcome'

A post recently published on the Spectrum website led to my blogging entry today, and the observation that: ' Alternative screen finds ...

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Autism in blind children: 30 times greater prevalence?

An intriguing paper by Rubin Jure and colleagues [1] cropped up on my autism research radar recently. Detailing the results of a study look...

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Optimal outcome and the autism spectrum: implications for the risk of psychiatric comorbidity?

" The minority of the AS  [Asperger syndrome]  group who no longer met criteria for a full diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder wer...

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Adult outcomes following childhood psychiatric problems

A long quote to begin: " If the goal of public health efforts is to increase opportunity and optimal outcomes, and to reduce distress, ...

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Optimal outcome (and autism) by any other name

In my annual review of all things autism research covered on this blog, the accolade of paper of the year for 2013 went to [drum roll maest...

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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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Autism and the [changing] preschool developmental profile

I'd like to begin with a quote from the paper by Hedvall and colleagues * who reported findings based on a study of developmental trajec...

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