Ariel pesticide use and neurodevelopmental diagnoses patterns

" When compared with surrounding areas, the zip codes exposed to yearly aerial pyrethroid spraying had a higher prevalence of ASD/DD ...

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Autism, learning disability and diagnostic substitution

The findings reported by Cynthia Nevison and Mark Blaxhill [1] represent the source blogging material today. Their quite detailed analysis ...

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Cerebral palsy and autism continued

" Our findings support the need for a multidisciplinary approach to management of children with CP  [ cerebral palsy ]  to adequately i...

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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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"a gradual decline in recorded diagnoses of CFS/ME since 2001"?

The quote forming the title of today's post comes from the paper by Simon Collin and colleagues [1] ( open-access available here ) who,...

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Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and autism continued

I wanted to briefly talk about the paper by Francesca Garofoli and colleagues [1] on congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and autism...

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Poverty status and autism, ADHD and asthma

The paper by Christian Pulcini and colleagues [1] talking about poverty status potentially influencing " parent-reported lifetime prev...

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1 in 5 children "met criteria for low language at 7 years"

Although primarily looking at the potential predictors of language outcome, the study results published by Cristina McKean and colleagues [...

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Catatonic symptoms and autism

" Catatonic symptoms are more prevalent in young people with autism than previously thought " said the article recently published...

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Sleep apnoea and autism

Sleep apnoea defined as " a condition where the walls of the throat relax and narrow during sleep, interrupting normal breathing "...

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The epidemiology of suspected autism in Shenzhen, China

I read with interest the paper by Weikang Yang and colleagues [1] (open-access) talking about " a high prevalence rate of suspected au...

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Early intervention before autism diagnosis

Santa is approaching so I don't want to keep you too long today. I just thought you might want to briefly cast your eye over the paper ...

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Prevalence of schizophrenia in China up: was Dohan (partially) right?

" The prevalence of schizophrenia in China has more than doubled between 1990 and 2010, with rates being particularly high in the most...

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The autism numbers game: now 1 in 45 (estimated)

I want to (briefly) draw your attention to the findings reported by Benjamin Zablotsky and colleagues [1] (open-access) recently on the top...

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Autism symptoms in children with ADHD

" Children with ADHD  [ attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder ]  had more ASD [autism spectrum disorder] symptoms than non-ADHD con...

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Higher cognitive 'level' = more vulnerability to depression alongside autism?

Regular readers of this blog probably know that I don't like sweeping generalisations when it comes to autism. Y'know, all those ide...

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