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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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SEP 17, 2015Cell & 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 HertrichSEP 08, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Germany’s Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim an ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 23, 2015Neuroscience
One in 80 children in Israel is diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). To provide resources for these children, ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 19, 2015Microbiology
According to new research conducted by researchers at Vanderbilt University and the University of Michigan, the age of r ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 17, 2015Neuroscience
This week in North Carolina, UNC-Chapel Hill researcher Dr. Jason Yi made a connection between the UBE3A gene and autism ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 16, 2015Neuroscience
People with high levels of autistic traits are more likely to produce unusually creative ideas, according to Psychologis ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 12, 2015Neuroscience
Losing a critical receptor in a special class of inhibitory neurons in the brain may cause neurodevelopmental disorders, ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 07, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have discovered as many as 1,000 genetic mutations along the autism spectrum. One enzyme that could be respo ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 05, 2015Genetics & Genomics
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a range of complex neurodevelop ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 01, 2015Neuroscience
It could cost as much as $268 billion to care for all Americans with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) this year. In 10 yea ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 29, 2015Neuroscience
About 50,000 people with autism spectrum disorder turn 18, graduate from high school and need help finding jobs. These " ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 28, 2015Neuroscience
Brain waves have multiple rhythms that come together as needed but then go back to their own frequencies to address thei ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 25, 2015Neuroscience
Schizophrenia is elusive. In spite of decades of using brain scans, computer models and other sophisticated tools, there ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 20, 2015Neuroscience
The news is full of stories of innocent people getting killed by the very people who are supposed to protect them. A new ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 17, 2015Neuroscience
What causes autism? Is there something physical that accounts for behavioral differences?
Researchers have gr ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 02, 2015Immunology
Every scientist who's ever turned a curious eye into a microscope has dreamed of making a discovery that rattles the fou ...Written By: Will HectorJUN 01, 2015Neuroscience
There are a few essential ways to understand the neural workings of the human brain. One is to painstakingly map the cir ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 26, 2015Neuroscience
A study of families who reside in southwestern Pennsylvania appears to show that "exposure to fine particulate air pollu ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 19, 2015Neuroscience
Once neurons die or become damaged, they typically cannot be reproduced by the body. This is why aging is the greatest r ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 27, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Every time you make a memory, somewhere in your brain a tiny filament reaches out from one neuron and forms an electroch ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 23, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A significant proportion of children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have unsuspected chromosomal imbalances, includin ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 22, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have uncovered the first evidence of a genetic link between prodigy and autism.
The scientists fo ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 21, 2015Immunology
In a study that included approximately 95,000 children with older siblings, receipt of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) v ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 15, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In a small study, Johns Hopkins researchers found that DNA from the sperm of men whose children had early signs of autis ...Written By: Judy O'Rourke
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
AUG 05, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a range of complex neurodevelop
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
AUG 01, 2015
Neuroscience
It could cost as much as $268 billion to care for all Americans with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) this year. In 10 yea
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 29, 2015
Neuroscience
About 50,000 people with autism spectrum disorder turn 18, graduate from high school and need help finding jobs. These "
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 28, 2015
Neuroscience
Brain waves have multiple rhythms that come together as needed but then go back to their own frequencies to address thei
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 25, 2015
Neuroscience
Schizophrenia is elusive. In spite of decades of using brain scans, computer models and other sophisticated tools, there
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 20, 2015
Neuroscience
The news is full of stories of innocent people getting killed by the very people who are supposed to protect them. A new
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 17, 2015
Neuroscience
What causes autism? Is there something physical that accounts for behavioral differences?
Researchers have gr ...
Researchers have gr ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 02, 2015
Immunology
Every scientist who's ever turned a curious eye into a microscope has dreamed of making a discovery that rattles the fou
...
Written By:
Will Hector
JUN 01, 2015
Neuroscience
There are a few essential ways to understand the neural workings of the human brain. One is to painstakingly map the cir
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 26, 2015
Neuroscience
A study of families who reside in southwestern Pennsylvania appears to show that "exposure to fine particulate air pollu
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 19, 2015
Neuroscience
Once neurons die or become damaged, they typically cannot be reproduced by the body. This is why aging is the greatest r
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 27, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Every time you make a memory, somewhere in your brain a tiny filament reaches out from one neuron and forms an electroch
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 23, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A significant proportion of children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have unsuspected chromosomal imbalances, includin
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have uncovered the first evidence of a genetic link between prodigy and autism.
The scientists fo ...
The scientists fo ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 21, 2015
Immunology
In a study that included approximately 95,000 children with older siblings, receipt of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) v
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 15, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
In a small study, Johns Hopkins researchers found that DNA from the sperm of men whose children had early signs of autis
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke