Delays within the motor domain are often overlooked as an early surveillance marker for autism. The present study evaluated motor difficulties and its potential as an early predictive marker for later autism likelihood in a cohort of infants showing early behavioral signs of autism aged 9-14 months. The motor domain was evaluated using the motor subscales of the Mullen Scales of Early Learning at baseline, and at a 6-month follow-up. ...

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• 2021
• May 2021

Sensory modulation symptoms form a diagnostic criterion for autism spectrum disorder and are associated with significant daily functional limitations. Utilizing caregiver report on Short Sensory Profile-2 (SSP-2) for 919 autistic children (3–14.11 years), we examined the expression of sensory modulation symptoms by age and sex and investigated the existence of specific sensory modulation subtypes. ...

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• 2022
• June 2022

Young children who have developmental delay, autism, or other neurodevelopmental conditions can have difficulties doing things in different areas of their life. What they can and cannot do is called their level of functioning. There are lots of assessment measures that aim to assess functioning. ...

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• 2022
• May 2022

Strictly defined cases of social (pragmatic) communication disorder and specific language impairment can be distinguished from autism spectrum disorder ...

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• 2016
• July 2016

Reported practice of some professionals in Australia may not be consistent with international best practice guidelines for ASD diagnosis ...

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• 2016
• September 2016

Common variants at 2p12 show suggestive evidence for association with childhood aggression ...

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• 2016
• July 2016

The SNP-based heritability for ADHD symptom scores indicates a polygenic architecture, and genes involved in neurite outgrowth are possibly involved ...

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• 2016
• October 2016

Our findings are in line with a number of epidemiological studies which show a positive association between breastfeeding and OM in early childhood ...

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• 2017
• February 2017

Clinical perspective from the ultra high risk (UHR) paradigm, that aims to identify people at high risk of psychotic disorder ...

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• 2016
• June 2016

Australia’s first draft national guideline for autism diagnosis has today been released for public consultation. ...

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