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Select Physical Therapy for People With Autism: PTs explain why their role--nonexistent not so long ago--is vitally important today

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Physical Therapy for People With Autism: PTs explain why their role--nonexistent not so long ago--is vitally important today

Author:Eric RiesFrom:PT in Motion (Vol. 10, Issue 6)

July 20185,055 words Article 1480L"Autism has been at the forefront of my adult life, on the job and at home," says Karen Tartick, PT. "I understand it as a physical therapist and I understand it as a parent." What Tartick, a longtime physical...

Select Role of environmental exposure to toxins and microbial infections in autism

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Role of environmental exposure to toxins and microbial infections in autism

Authors:Rajendram V. Rajnarayanan, Nataliya Kostyuk, and Hari H.P. CohlyFrom:Autism InsightsPeer-Reviewed

Sept. 23, 20148,918 words Article 1670LAutism is a complex developmental neurological disorder causing impaired function and structure of brain development. According to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), autism is...

Select Humans, Aliens & Autism

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Humans, Aliens & Autism

Author:Ian HackingFrom:Daedalus (Vol. 138, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

Summer 20098,917 words Essay 1200LContraries illumine what they are not. Aliens, typically from outer space, are almost by definition not human. Current portrayals of aliens may show more about who we, the humans, are than they do about our...

Select The effects of teaching play strategies on social interaction for a child with autism: a case study

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The effects of teaching play strategies on social interaction for a child with autism: a case study

Authors:Julie Francke and Eugene A. GeistFrom:Journal of Research in Childhood Education (Vol. 18, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

Winter 200310,387 words Article Abstract. In this case study, research was conducted in an integrated preschool setting, which included children with a variety of disabilities as well as children who were considered to be typically developing. "Jay,"...

Select Autism Unveiled

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Autism Unveiled

Author:Richard MonasterskyFrom:The Chronicle of Higher Education (Vol. 53, Issue 36)

May 11, 20072,573 words Article 1270LByline: RICHARD MONASTERSKY Roy Richard Grinker started his training in psychiatry before he hit puberty. As an 11-year-old growing up in Chicago, he spent Saturday afternoons getting his medical education at the...

Select Not Enough Data to prove or disprove Autism 'Epidemic'. (Thirty-Two Studies Reviewed)

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Not Enough Data to prove or disprove Autism 'Epidemic'. (Thirty-Two Studies Reviewed)

Author:Norra MacReadyFrom:Clinical Psychiatry News (Vol. 30, Issue 1)

Jan. 2002474 words Article SAN DIEGO -- An apparent rise in the prevalence of autism over the past few years has prompted many doctors and parents to conclude that we are seeing an autism epidemic. But, according to Dr. Eric Fombonne, there...

Select Autism speaks alters position on vaccines

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Autism speaks alters position on vaccines

From:Palaestra (Vol. 29, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

Winter 2015428 words Article 1380LAmid concerns about measles, the nation's largest autism advocacy group has updated its stance on vaccines and autism, but remains mum on whether it will fund further studies on the issue. Autism Speaks revised its...

Select Narratives About Autism: An Analysis of YouTube Videos by Individuals Who Self-Identify as Autistic

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Narratives About Autism: An Analysis of YouTube Videos by Individuals Who Self-Identify as Autistic

Authors:Henry Angulo-Jimenez and Laura DethorneFrom:American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (Vol. 28, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

May 201913,441 words Article 1410LPurpose: The goal of this study was to expand the field's understanding of autism through the analysis of 1st-person perspectives from autistic video webloggers (vloggers). Method: This study analyzed the...

Select Conundrum of autism: a review of its causes and significant impact on the education of a school age child

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Conundrum of autism: a review of its causes and significant impact on the education of a school age child

Author:Cosmas U. NwokeaforFrom:Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round TablePeer-Reviewed

Spring 20097,132 words Report Autism is a brain development disorder that is characterized by impaired social interaction, communication, restricted and repetitive behavior which starts before a child is three years old. As a result of the outcome...

Select Echoing autism: performance, performativity, and the writing of Donna Williams

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Echoing autism: performance, performativity, and the writing of Donna Williams

Author:Anne FlecheFrom:TDR (Cambridge, Mass.) (Vol. 41, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

Fall 19978,747 words Article Donna Williams has written two remarkable books about autism that explore the complex relationship between internal and external perceptions and identities. She illuminates the split between the fixed concept of self and...

Select The effects of peer training on the social interactions of children with autism spectrum disorders

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The effects of peer training on the social interactions of children with autism spectrum disorders

Authors:Mindy Leigh Krebs, D. Mike McDaniel, and Richard A. NeeleyFrom:Education (Vol. 131, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

Winter 20104,387 words Article 1480LThis study investigated the effects of peer training intervention on social interactions of two participants with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and four typically developing peers. A multiple probe (Horner & Baer,...

Select Autism Screening Questionnaire: Abnormal Symbolic or Imaginative Play

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Autism Screening Questionnaire: Abnormal Symbolic or Imaginative Play

Author:Oliver De La PazFrom:New England Review (Vol. 39, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

Spring 2018 Poem 1. DOES YOUR CHILD FLAP HIS HANDS OR OTHER FINER FLAPPING? DOES HE SELF-STIMULATE? In ecstatic moments it is a kind of remembering the body is the body. For example, these are arms for grasping. These hands are for...

Select Neurodivergent Rhetorics: Examining Competing Discourses of Autism Advocacy in the Public Sphere

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Neurodivergent Rhetorics: Examining Competing Discourses of Autism Advocacy in the Public Sphere

Author:Pamela SaundersFrom:Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies (Vol. 12, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

Jan. 20186,848 words Article 1530LThe article argues that oppositional public advocacy texts produced by Autism Speaks and the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) are a rhetorical entry point into an uncomfortable deadlock between two competing...

Select Seeing the spectrum entire: Chris Gunter examines a comprehensive history of the science and culture surrounding autism studies

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Seeing the spectrum entire: Chris Gunter examines a comprehensive history of the science and culture surrounding autism studies

Author:Chris GunterFrom:Nature (Vol. 524, Issue 7565) Peer-Reviewed

Aug. 20, 20151,035 words Book review 1440LNeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity STEVE SILBERMAN Avery: 2015 Within two generations, the popular and scientific understanding of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and related...

Select Sex-Dependent Novelty Response in Neurexin-1[alpha] Mutant Mice

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Sex-Dependent Novelty Response in Neurexin-1[alpha] Mutant Mice

Authors:Marijke C. Laarakker, Niels R. Reinders, Hilgo Bruining, Roel A. Ophoff, and Martien J. H. KasFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

Feb. 13, 20124,111 words Article 1480LAuthor(s): Marijke C. Laarakker 1 , Niels R. Reinders 1 , Hilgo Bruining 1 , 2 , Roel A. Ophoff 2 , 3 , Martien J. H. Kas 1 , * Introduction Recent genetic studies have demonstrated that Neurexin-1 alpha...

Select Interrater reliability of early childhood education professionals involved in developmental surveillance for autism spectrum disorder and related conditions

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Interrater reliability of early childhood education professionals involved in developmental surveillance for autism spectrum disorder and related conditions

Authors:Beth Mozolic-Staunton, Michelle Donelly, Jacqui Yoxall, and Josephine BarbaroFrom:Australasian Journal of Early Childhood (Vol. 42, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

June 20176,154 words Report 1650LVALID AND RELIABLE TOOLS have recently been developed to accurately detect early signs of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and other developmental challenges in children as young as 12 months of age. Translation of...

Select Researchers from Baylor University Report Details of New Studies and Findings in the Area of Cytokines (Adult Fmr1 knockout mice present with deficiencies in hippocampal interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-a expression)

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Researchers from Baylor University Report Details of New Studies and Findings in the Area of Cytokines (Adult Fmr1 knockout mice present with deficiencies in hippocampal interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-a expression)

From:Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week

Oct. 7, 2017437 words Article 1400L2017 OCT 7 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Data detailed on Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins - Cytokines have been presented. According to news...

Select The role of augmentative and alternative communication for children with autism: current status and future trends

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The role of augmentative and alternative communication for children with autism: current status and future trends

Authors:Teresa Iacono, David Trembath, and Shane EricksonFrom:Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment (Vol. 12) Peer-Reviewed

Annual 20166,087 words Article 2020LBackground: Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) interventions are used for children with autism, often as stand-alone communication interventions for those who are minimally verbal. Our aim was to...

Select The contribution of diagnostic substitution to the growing administrative prevalence of autism in US special education

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The contribution of diagnostic substitution to the growing administrative prevalence of autism in US special education

Author:Paul T. ShattuckFrom:Pediatrics (Vol. 117, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

Apr. 20067,115 words Report 1700LOBJECTIVE. Growing administrative prevalence of autism has stirred public controversy and concern. The extent to which increases in the administrative prevalence of autism have been associated with corresponding...

Select Reports from University of Missouri Describe Recent Advances in Autism (Microbiome Disturbances and Autism Spectrum Disorders)

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Reports from University of Missouri Describe Recent Advances in Autism (Microbiome Disturbances and Autism Spectrum Disorders)