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Autism Research : Official Journal of the International Society for Autism Research

https://read.qxmd.com/read/38511338/the-impact-of-adverse-childhood-events-on-service-support-and-educational-outcomes-of-children-who-are-autistic-a-theory-guided-analysis-using-structural-equation-modeling
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Micah Hartwell, Kelsi Batioja, Covenant Elenwo, Ashley Keener, Anya Mazur, Tessa Chesher
Autistic children who have experienced adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) may have barriers to receiving special education or other developmental services-thus, impacting educational outcomes. Our objective was to model such a pathway using the 2016-2021 National Survey of Children's Health datasets. We extracted data for school outcomes, use of special education and autism-related specialty services and sociodemographic characteristics among autistic children within the data. Associations between sociodemographics and ACEs (categorized as 0, 1-3, and 4+) were tested using design-based X2 tests...
March 21, 2024: Autism Research: Official Journal of the International Society for Autism Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38500252/contribution-of-the-serotonergic-system-to-developmental-brain-abnormalities-in-autism-spectrum-disorder
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REVIEW
Jarek Wegiel, Kathryn Chadman, Eric London, Thomas Wisniewski, Jerzy Wegiel
This review highlights a key role of the serotonergic system in brain development and in distortions of normal brain development in early stages of fetal life resulting in cascades of abnormalities, including defects of neurogenesis, neuronal migration, neuronal growth, differentiation, and arborization, as well as defective neuronal circuit formation in the cortex, subcortical structures, brainstem, and cerebellum of autistic subjects. In autism, defects in regulation of neuronal growth are the most frequent and ubiquitous developmental changes associated with impaired neuron differentiation, smaller size, distorted shape, loss of spatial orientation, and distortion of cortex organization...
March 18, 2024: Autism Research: Official Journal of the International Society for Autism Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38491340/child-behavior-problems-and-parental-psychological-distress-in-chinese-families-of-children-with-autism-the-putative-moderating-role-of-parental-social-support-and-cultural-values
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Wenyuan Liu, Paul A Thompson, Kylie M Gray, Richard P Hastings
The wellbeing of parents of children with autism residing in mainland China remains understudied. We aimed to examine whether and how parental perceived social support, individualism, and collectivism acted together to moderate the relationships between child behavior problems and parental psychological distress in Chinese parents of children with autism. With convenience and snowball sampling, data on 268 primary caregiver parents of children with autism were collected from an online cross-sectional survey...
March 15, 2024: Autism Research: Official Journal of the International Society for Autism Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38488319/investigating-implicit-emotion-processing-in-autism-spectrum-disorder-across-age-groups-a-cross-modal-emotional-priming-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Florence Y N Leung, Vesna Stojanovik, Cunmei Jiang, Fang Liu
Cumulating evidence suggests that atypical emotion processing in autism may generalize across different stimulus domains. However, this evidence comes from studies examining explicit emotion recognition. It remains unclear whether domain-general atypicality also applies to implicit emotion processing in autism and its implication for real-world social communication. To investigate this, we employed a novel cross-modal emotional priming task to assess implicit emotion processing of spoken/sung words (primes) through their influence on subsequent emotional judgment of faces/face-like objects (targets)...
March 15, 2024: Autism Research: Official Journal of the International Society for Autism Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38481386/social-competence-in-autism-a-structural-equation-modeling-approach
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
G L Simmons, B A Corbett, M D Lerner, K Wofford, S W White
Autistic individuals present with difficulties in social competence (e.g., navigating social interactions and fostering relationships). Clinical interventions widely target social cognition and social behavior, but there is inconsistent understanding of the underlying components of social competence. The present study used structural equation modeling to examine social cognition and social behavior and explore the relationship between these latent constructs. Autistic youth (ages 10-17; n = 219) and their caregivers participated in this study...
March 14, 2024: Autism Research: Official Journal of the International Society for Autism Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38476104/early-executive-functioning-predicts-externalizing-problems-in-neurodiverse-preschoolers
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Katherine All, Katarzyna Chawarska, Suzanne L Macari
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often exhibit externalizing problems, which have been linked with increased anxiety and depression, peer rejection, and parental stress. Identification of early predictors of externalizing behaviors in autism will facilitate identification of vulnerable children and implementation of early preventative interventions. There is ample evidence that executive functioning, social functioning, and temperament are predictive of later externalizing problems in general populations, but less is known about these relations in ASD and other neurodiverse populations, particularly in the early preschool years...
March 13, 2024: Autism Research: Official Journal of the International Society for Autism Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38470059/a-matter-of-precision-scene-imagery-in-individuals-with-high-functioning-autism-spectrum-disorder
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Larissa L Faustmann, Mareike Altgassen
The ability to create mental representations of scenes is essential for remembering, predicting, and imagining. In individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) this ability may be impaired. Considering that autistic characteristics such as weak central coherence or reduced communication abilities may disadvantage autistic participants in traditional imagery tasks, this study attempted to use a novel task design to measure the ability of scene imagery. Thirty high-functioning adults with ASD and 27 non-autistic matched control adults were asked to describe imagined fictitious scenes using two types of scene imagery tasks...
March 12, 2024: Autism Research: Official Journal of the International Society for Autism Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38468449/do-focused-interests-support-word-learning-a-study-with-autistic-and-nonautistic-children
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
S Arunachalam, A Steele, T Pelletier, R Luyster
Although focused interests are often associated with a diagnosis of autism, they are common in nonautistic individuals as well. Previous studies have explored how these interests impact cognitive, social, and language development. While some research has suggested that strong interests can detract from learning (particularly for autistic children), newer research has indicated that they can be advantageous. In this pre-registered study, we asked whether focused interests support word learning in 44 autistic children and a vocabulary-matched sample of 44 nonautistic children (mean ages 58 and 34 months respectively)...
March 11, 2024: Autism Research: Official Journal of the International Society for Autism Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38456581/dynamic-functional-connectivity-in-the-right-temporoparietal-junction-captures-variations-in-male-autistic-trait-expression
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Laura Bravo Balsa, Ahmad Abu-Akel, Carmel Mevorach
Autistic individuals can experience difficulties with attention reorienting and Theory of Mind (ToM), which are closely associated with anterior and posterior subdivisions of the right temporoparietal junction. While the link between these processes remains unclear, it is likely subserved by a dynamic crosstalk between these two subdivisions. We, therefore, examined the dynamic functional connectivity (dFC) between the anterior and posterior temporoparietal junction, as a biological marker of attention and ToM, to test its contribution to the manifestation of autistic trait expression in Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC)...
March 8, 2024: Autism Research: Official Journal of the International Society for Autism Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38450955/caregiver-and-youth-inter-rater-assessment-agreement-in-autism-spectrum-disorder-developmental-coordination-disorder-and-typical-development
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Michelle Shipkova, Christiana D Butera, Genesis D Flores, Emily Kilroy, Aditya Jayashankar, Laura Harrison, Sharon A Cermak, Lisa Aziz-Zadeh
Youth diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and those with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) are at heightened risk for co-occurring mental health diagnoses, especially anxiety and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, caregiver-child agreement on presence of related symptoms in populations with neurodevelopmental conditions is not well understood. Here, we examine the extent to which 37 ASD, 26 DCD, and 40 typically developing children and their caregivers agree on the degree of the child's symptoms of anxiety and ADHD...
March 7, 2024: Autism Research: Official Journal of the International Society for Autism Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38436527/gestational-thyroid-hormones-and-autism-related-traits-in-the-earli-and-home-studies
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Caichen Zhong, Juliette Rando, Marisa A Patti, Joseph M Braun, Aimin Chen, Yingying Xu, Bruce P Lanphear, Kimberly Yolton, Lisa A Croen, M Daniele Fallin, Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Craig J Newschaffer, Kristen Lyall
Thyroid hormones are essential for neurodevelopment. Few studies have considered associations with quantitatively measured autism spectrum disorder (ASD)-related traits, which may help elucidate associations for a broader population. Participants were drawn from two prospective pregnancy cohorts: the Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation (EARLI), enrolling pregnant women who already had a child with ASD, and the Health Outcomes and Measures of the Environment (HOME) Study, following pregnant women from the greater Cincinnati, OH area...
March 4, 2024: Autism Research: Official Journal of the International Society for Autism Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38433357/autistic-and-nonautistic-adolescents-do-not-differ-in-adaptation-to-gaze-direction
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Emma K Ward, Jan K Buitelaar, Sabine Hunnius
Predictive processing accounts of autism posit that autistic individuals' perception is less biased by expectations than nonautistic individuals', perhaps through stronger precision-weighting of prediction errors. Since precision-weighting is fundamental to all information processing, under this theory, the differences between autistic and nonautistic individuals should be domain-general and observable in both behavior and brain responses. This study used EEG, behavioral responses, and eye-tracking co-registration during gaze-direction adaptation, to investigate whether increased precision-weighting of prediction errors is evident through smaller adaptation after-effects in autistic adolescents compared with nonautistic peers...
March 3, 2024: Autism Research: Official Journal of the International Society for Autism Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38433353/sensory-experiences-questionnaire-unravels-differences-in-sensory-profiles-between-mecp2-related-disorders
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Bernhard Suter, Davut Pehlivan, Muharrem Ak, Holly K Harris, Ariel M Lyons-Warren
The methyl CpG-binding protein-2 (MECP2) gene is located on the Xq28 region. Loss of function mutations or increased copies of MECP2 result in Rett syndrome (RTT) and MECP2 duplication syndrome (MDS), respectively. Individuals with both disorders exhibit overlapping autism symptoms, yet few studies have dissected the differences between these gene dosage sensitive disorders. Further, research examining sensory processing patterns in persons with RTT and MDS is largely absent. Thus, the goal of this study was to analyze and compare sensory processing patterns in persons with RTT and MDS...
March 3, 2024: Autism Research: Official Journal of the International Society for Autism Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38429939/are-autistic-females-at-greater-risk-of-suicide-a-call-for-clarity-to-advance-suicide-prevention-for-the-whole-community
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Anne V Kirby, Caitlin M Conner, Carla A Mazefsky
Understanding suicide risk is critical for supporting prevention. A growing body of evidence shows autistic people are at greater risk for multiple suicide-related outcomes than non-autistic people. This commentary is in response to an observed pattern of miscommunication in scientific and community spaces about autistic females having higher risk of suicide. However, it is not always clear who they are being compared with in these statements. To address this confusion, we summarize the current population-based evidence on autistic suicide risk, highlighting findings related to sex similarities and differences, which actually indicates comparable rates of suicide death among autistic males and females, and mixed findings related to sex differences in risk of other suicidal behaviors...
March 1, 2024: Autism Research: Official Journal of the International Society for Autism Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38429933/the-clinical-relevance-of-subgroups-of-autistic-adults-stability-and-predictive-value
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Tulsi A Radhoe, Joost A Agelink van Rentergem, Carolien Torenvliet, Annabeth P Groenman, Wikke J van der Putten, Hilde M Geurts
Autism in adulthood is characterized by heterogeneity, complicating the provision of tailored support. In previous work, we aimed to capture this heterogeneity by determining subgroups of autistic adults that differed in clinical outcomes: cognitive failures, psychological difficulties, and quality of life (QoL). Two subgroups were identified: a "Feelings of Low Grip" subgroup characterized by experiencing a lower sense of mastery and a higher susceptibility to difficulties in daily life, and a "Feelings of High Grip" subgroup characterized by a higher sense of mastery and lower susceptibility to difficulties in daily life...
March 1, 2024: Autism Research: Official Journal of the International Society for Autism Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38429884/measurement-matters-a-commentary-on-the-state-of-the-science-on-patient-reported-outcome-measures-proms-in-autism-research
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Hillary K Schiltz, Zachary J Williams, Shuting Zheng, Elizabeth A Kaplan-Kahn, Hannah E Morton, Kashia A Rosenau, Christina Nicolaidis, Alexandra Sturm, Catherine Lord
High quality science relies upon psychometrically valid and reliable measurement, yet very few Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) have been developed or thoroughly validated for use with autistic individuals. The present commentary summarizes the current state of autism PROM science, based on discussion at the Special Interest Group (SIG) at the 2022 International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) Annual Meeting and collective expertise of the authors. First, we identify current issues in autism PROM research including content and construct operationalization, informant-structure, measure accessibility, and measure validation and generalization...
March 1, 2024: Autism Research: Official Journal of the International Society for Autism Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38429069/a-response-to-and-caution-of-language-is-a-critical-mediator-of-autistic-experiences-within-the-criminal-justice-system
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LETTER
Lindsay Shea, Dylan Cooper, Amy Blank Wilson, Jordan Hyatt, Dianah Msipa, Björn Hofvander, Svein Øverland, Wainesten Carmago da Silva, Melanie Mogavero, Derek Green, Nina Wall, Matthew Lerner, Aubyn Stahmer, Kathy Hooven, Juan Bornman, Khylil Robinson, John Burke
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March 1, 2024: Autism Research: Official Journal of the International Society for Autism Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38415400/racial-and-ethnic-disparities-in-the-co-occurrence-of-intellectual-disability-and-autism-impact-of-incorporating-measures-of-adaptive-functioning
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sarah M Furnier, Ronald Gangnon, Julie L Daniels, Susan Ellis Weismer, Cy Nadler, Karen Pazol, Nuri M Reyes, Steven Rosenberg, Eric Rubenstein, Lisa D Wiggins, Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp, Maureen S Durkin
Intellectual disability (ID) commonly co-occurs in children with autism. Although diagnostic criteria for ID require impairments in both cognitive and adaptive functioning, most population-based estimates of the frequency of co-occurring ID in children with autism-including studies of racial and ethnic disparities in co-occurring autism and ID-base the definition of ID solely on cognitive scores. The goal of this analysis was to examine the effect of including both cognitive and adaptive behavior criteria on estimates of co-occurring ID in a well-characterized sample of 2- to 5-year-old children with autism...
February 28, 2024: Autism Research: Official Journal of the International Society for Autism Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38414177/leisure-community-workforce-participation-and-quality-of-life-in-primary-and-secondary-caregivers-of-autistic-children
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Gemma Davy, Josephine Barbaro, Katy Unwin, Megan Clark, Rachel Jellett, Perrin Date, Melanie Muniandy, Cheryl Dissanayake
Parents of Autistic children often modify their participation in leisure, social, and employment activities to meet the caregiving needs of their child. However, few studies have examined the impact this has on caregiver quality of life (QoL). The aim in the current study was to examine the role of participation in a range of activities on QoL amongst primary and secondary caregivers of school-aged Autistic children. Eighty-eight primary (93% mothers) and 63 secondary (91% fathers) caregivers of Autistic children (aged 7- to 12-years) participated in this cross-sectional study, with time pressure, participation, social support, parenting stress, and QoL measured via an online questionnaire...
February 27, 2024: Autism Research: Official Journal of the International Society for Autism Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38400514/age-at-autism-spectrum-disorder-diagnosis-and-its-association-with-child-and-family-characteristics-in-a-tertiary-care-hospital-in-malaysia
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jasminder Kaur Amarjit Singh, Wong Hoi Ling, Ranjini S Sivanesom, Cindy Chan Su Huay, Audrey Chong Shuk Lan
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder. Despite the absence of a cure, early diagnosis and intensive early intervention can improve the outcomes. However, little is known about the median age at ASD diagnosis in Malaysia or the child/family characteristics associated with early diagnosis. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the median age at ASD diagnosis among Malaysian children presenting to the country's largest public tertiary neurodevelopmental center and to investigate the possible demographic, child, and family characteristics associated with an early age at diagnosis...
February 23, 2024: Autism Research: Official Journal of the International Society for Autism Research
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