Autistic individuals have increased risk of chronic physical health conditions across the whole body
Autistic people have higher rates of chronic physical health conditions across the whole body and are more likely to have complex health needs, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Cambridge. Their findings, published in the journal Molecular Autism, have important implications for the clinical care of autistic people.
ADHS und Autismus - praxis-neuy.de
ADHS und Autismus Die Abkürzung von Autismus-Spektrumstörung ist ASS. Spektrumstörung bedeutet, dass es fließende Grenzen gibt zwischen einer Normvariante mit nur bestimmten Persönlichkeitszügen bis hin zu schweren Krankheitsbildern mit ausgeprägter Symptomatik – also ein Kontinuum […]
"I'm Waging a Civil War Inside My Brain"
ADHD is a perplexing, frustrating, and disruptive condition still too often questioned and misunderstood. We are smart, people say. We just need to try harder or stop procrastinating. If only it were that easy. Here's the truth about why we can't always do what is good for us.
Genes Behind Increased Chance of Autism, ADHD (or Both) Identified
There is a large degree of overlap between the genetic causes of autism and ADHD. Now, researchers from Aarhus University have found gene variants, which increase the risk of developing only one of the diagnoses and not the other.br /br /
What are the autism research priorities of autistic adults in Scotland? - Eilidh Cage, Catherine J Crompton, Sarah Dantas, Khiah Strachan, Rachel Birch, Mark Robinson, Stasa Morgan-Appel, Charlie MacKenzie-Nash, Aaron Gallagher, Monique Botha, 2024
Studies investigating autistic community research priorities indicate a mismatch between what autism research focuses on and what autistic people want to see re...
Psychometric exploration of the RAADS-R with autistic adults: Implications for research and clinical practice
Several validated adult autism symptom screening tools exist; however, there are concerns about the validity of instruments in adults who self-identify and thos...
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Neuroaffirming services for autistic people
The estimated prevalence of autism spectrum disorder in individuals over 8 years is
currently one in 44, with applied behavioural analysis being the most commonly used
state-funded form of treatment for autism in the USA.1 Part of its widespread availability
is the policy of the American Medical Association (AMA), which supported applied behavioural
analysis as the first choice evidence-based treatment for autism.1 However, at the
AMA House of Delegates annual meeting in June, 2023, Resolution 706 entitled, “Revision
of H-185.921, removal of AMA support for applied behavior analysis”,1 put forward
two changes.