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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex developmental disability; signs typically appear during early childhood and affect a person's ability to communicate, and interact with others. ASD is defined by a certain set of behaviors and is a "spectrum condition" that affects individuals differently and to varying degrees. There is no known single cause of autism, but increased awareness and early diagnosis/intervention and access to appropriate services/supports lead to significantly improved outcomes. Some of the behaviors associated with autism include delayed learning of language; difficulty making eye contact or holding a conversation; difficulty with executive functioning, which relates to reasoning and planning; narrow, intense interests; poor motor skills' and sensory sensitivities. Again, a person on the spectrum might follow many of these behaviors or just a few, or many others besides. The diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder is applied based on analysis of all behaviors and their severity.
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JAN 13, 2016
Neuroscience
Ask almost any adolescent boy about video games and you will likely hear a litany of strategy, scores and which online w
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 08, 2016
Health & Medicine
.body_content a{color: #175CA9;} .body_content a:hover{color: #1A4E75;text-decoration: underline;} .body_content{text-al
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
DEC 30, 2015
Neuroscience
The prevalence of autism in children is at an alarming rate. The most recent research released by the CDC in March 2014
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 14, 2015
Health & Medicine
Six to ten percent of pregnant women are currently being treated for depression with antidepressants. Women who stop tak
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
DEC 10, 2015
Health & Medicine
A new study marks a step forward in figuring out the causes of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). ASD refer to a range of n
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
DEC 10, 2015
Neuroscience
When a woman is pregnant there are many happy moments, but there are stressful times as well. Whether it’s nausea,
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 28, 2015
Videos
Oxytocin is a hormone manufactured in the brain that is often incorrectly referred to as the "love" hormone. But it's al
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 24, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a time when precision medicine and genetic testing are booming, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) is taking a ste
...
NOV 24, 2015
Neuroscience
A prestigious honor given only every other year by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has been awarded to Cardiff University
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 12, 2015
Neuroscience
Children diagnosed with autism often have a very difficult time reading social cues. They are not always able to tell wh
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 09, 2015
Videos
Whenever you hear the word "telepathic," you think of something hardly scientific, but instead, something more along the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 09, 2015
Neuroscience
The expression “Why don’t you grow a brain” is tossed around sometimes like an insult, but as it turns
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 03, 2015
Neuroscience
Autism affects 1 in 68 children. That’s a number that’s talked about a lot in the media and in the scientifi
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 26, 2015
Neuroscience
The number of children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) now stands at 1 in 68. Groups like Autism Speaks
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 24, 2015
Immunology
Microglia hold down the fort in the brain as the primary immune cell presence. When brain disease hits, they get rid of
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 28, 2015
Neuroscience
Video games can get a bad rap when the talk turns to how much time children spend on them. Everything from AD/HD to chil
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 17, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Due to a lack in the development of reliable experimental systems for studying human embryos, there is currently not muc
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
SEP 08, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Germany’s Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim an
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 23, 2015
Neuroscience
One in 80 children in Israel is diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). To provide resources for these children,
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 19, 2015
Microbiology
According to new research conducted by researchers at Vanderbilt University and the University of Michigan, the age of r
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
AUG 17, 2015
Neuroscience
This week in North Carolina, UNC-Chapel Hill researcher Dr. Jason Yi made a connection between the UBE3A gene and autism
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 16, 2015
Neuroscience
People with high levels of autistic traits are more likely to produce unusually creative ideas, according to Psychologis
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 12, 2015
Neuroscience
Losing a critical receptor in a special class of inhibitory neurons in the brain may cause neurodevelopmental disorders,
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 07, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have discovered as many as 1,000 genetic mutations along the autism spectrum. One enzyme that could be respo
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider