Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities

Abnormal brain dynamics underlie speech production in children with autism spectrum disorder  E.W. Pang et al., Autism Research, February 2016

Abnormal pressure pain, touch sensitivity, proprioception, and manual dexterity in children with autism spectrum disorders  I. Riquelme et al., Neural Plasticity, February 2016

Adolescent boys with autism spectrum disorder growing up: Follow-up of self-reported sexual experience  J. Dewinter et al., European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, September 2016

Alterations in the functional neural circuitry supporting flexible choice behavior in autism spectrum disorders  A.M. D'Cruz et al., Translational Psychiatry, October 2016

Altered brain network dynamics in youths with autism spectrum disorder  E. Malaia et al., Experimental Brain Research, December 2016

Altered neurotransmitter metabolism in adolescents with high-functioning autism  G.S. Drenthen et al., Psychiatry Research. Neuroimaging, October 2016

Altered proliferation and networks in neural cells derived from idiopathic autistic individuals  M.C. Marchetto et al., Molecular Psychiatry, June 2017

Altered resting perfusion and functional connectivity of default mode network in youth with autism spectrum disorder  K. Jann et al., Brain and Behavior, September 2015

Anxiety and social deficits have distinct relationships with amygdala function in autism spectrum disorder  J.D. Herrington et al., Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, June 2016

Anxiety in youth with and without autism spectrum disorder: Examination of factorial equivalence  S.W. White et al., Behavior Therapy, January 2015

Are non-intellectually disabled black youth with ASD less impaired on parent report than their white peers?  A.B. Ratto et al., Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities, March 2016

Aripiprazole decreases irritability in 12 out of 14 youth with autism spectrum disorders  A. Maloney et al., Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, August 2014

The art of common ground: Emergence of a complex pragmatic language skill in adolescents with autism spectrum disorders  A. De Marchena & I.M. Eigsti, Journal of Child Language, January 2016

Assessment and treatment of anxiety in youth with autism spectrum disorders  R.A. Vasa et al., Pediatrics, February 2016

Assessment of intervention effects on in vivo peer interactions in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)  B.K. Nolan et al., Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, June 2016

Atomoxetine, parent training, and their combination in children with autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder  B.L. Handen et al., Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, November 2015

Atypical learning in autism spectrum disorders: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study of transitive inference  M. Solomon et al., Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, November 2015

Atypical processing of gaze cues and faces explains comorbidity between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)  M.J. Groom et al., Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, May 2017

Autism and the law: Boy's incarceration reveals failures of the system  C. Astolfi, Disability Scoop, December 4, 2017

Autism is becoming more common, and better diagnosis of minorities may be why  M. Stobbe, Chicago Tribune, April 27, 2018

The Autism Speaks Autism Treatment Network Registry Data: Opportunities for investigators  D.S. Murray et al., Pediatrics, February 2016

Autism spectrum disorders appear to have stabilized among U.S. kids and teens  K. Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, January 2, 2018

Autism spectrum disorders in the Stockholm Youth Cohort: Design, prevalence and validity  S. Idring et al., PLoS One, July 2012

Autistic traits moderate the impact of reward learning on social behaviour  M.S. Panasiti et al., Autism Research, April 2016

Beery VMI performance in autism spectrum disorder  R.R. Green et al., Child Neuropsychology, July 2016

Black and Latino children are often overlooked when it comes to autism  Side Effects, March 19, 2018

Bone accrual in males with autism spectrum disorder  Journal of Pediatrics, February 2017

Boys with autism or ADHD more prone to overuse video games  N. Shute, Shots: Health News from NPR, July 29, 2013

Brain mechanisms for processing affective (and nonaffective) touch are atypical in autism  M.D. Kaiser et al., Cerebral Cortex, June 2016

Brief report: Cognitive control of social and nonsocial visual attention in autism  A.S. DiCriscio et al., Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, August 2016

Brief report: A comparison of the preference for viewing social and non-social movies in typical and autistic adolescents  I. Dubey et al., Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, February 2017

Brief report: The effects of equine-assisted activities on the social functioning in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder  S. Anderson & K. Meints, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, October 2016

Brief report: Remotely delivered video modeling for improving oral hygiene in children with ASD: A pilot study  B. Popple et al., Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, August 2016

Can you play with fire and not hurt yourself? A comparative study in figurative language comprehension between individuals with and without autism spectrum disorder  S. Chahboun et al., PLoS One, December 2016

CDC: Developmental disabilities affect 1 In 7 U.S. kids  N. Shute, Shots: Health News from NPR, May 23, 2011

CDC says developmental disabilities are on the rise  S. Heasley, Disability Scoop, November 29, 2017

Characteristics of autism spectrum disorder in Sotos syndrome  C. Lane et al., Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, January 2017

Children with autism are often targeted by bullies  J. Hamilton, Shots: Health News from NPR, April 23, 2012

Circumscribed interests in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: A look beyond trains, planes, and clocks  I.Y.K. Cho et al., PLoS One, November 2017

Classroom yoga helps improve behavior of kids with autism  E. Barclay, Shots: Health News from NPR, October 12, 2012

Clinical evaluation of a novel and mobile autism risk assessment  M. Duda et al., Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, June 2016

Comprehensive description of comorbidity for autism spectrum disorder in a general population  D. Cawthorpe, Permanente Journal, January 2017

The contribution of mosaic variants to autism spectrum disorder  D. Freed & J. Pevsner, PLoS Genetics, September 2016

Cortical interactions during the resolution of information processing demands in autism spectrum disorders  K. Denisova et al., Brain and Behavior, December 2016

Dad's search for a little blue cup for his son goes viral  BBC News, November 15, 2016

Daily living skills in individuals with autism spectrum disorder from 2 to 21 years of age  V.H. Bal et al., Autism, October 2015

Decreased left caudate volume is associated with increased severity of autistic-like symptoms in a cohort of ADHD patients and their unaffected siblings  L. O'Dwyer et al., PLoS One, November 2016

Demographic profile of families and children in the Study to Explore Early Development (SEED): Case-control study of autism spectrum disorder  C.G. DiGuiseppi et al., Disability and Health Journal, July 2016

Depressive and anxiety symptom trajectories from school age through young adulthood in samples with autism spectrum disorder and developmental delay  K. Gotham et al., Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, May 2015

Development of cortical thickness and surface area in autism spectrum disorder  V.T. Mensen et al., Neuroimage, December 2016

Disorder-specific functional abnormalities during sustained attention in youth with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and with autism  A. Christakou et al., Molecular Psychiatry, February 2013

Drawing firmer conclusions: Autistic children show no evidence of a local processing bias in a controlled copying task  A.D. Smith et al., Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, November 2016

Effect of a vitamin/mineral supplement on children and adults with autism  J.B. Adams et al., BMC Pediatrics, December 2011

Emotion regulation and parent co-regulation in children with autism spectrum disorder  V. Ting & J.A. Weiss, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, March 2017

Ensemble perception of emotions in autistic and typical children and adolescents  T. Karaminis et al., Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, April 2017

Epidemiology of injury-related emergency department visits in the US among youth with autism spectrum disorder  L.G. Kalb et al., Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, August 2016

Etiological influences on the stability of autistic traits from childhood to early adulthood: Evidence from a twin study  M.J. Taylor et al., Molecular Autism, February 2017

The experiences of fathers who have offspring with autism spectrum disorder  A. Burrell et al., Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, April 2017

Exploring perceptions and use of the electronic health record by parents of children with autism spectrum disorder: A qualitative study  R.A. Bush et al., Health Informatics Journal, September 2016

Fever and irritability in a 15-year-old boy with autism  C. Westfall et al., Pediatrics in Review, July 2015

Flexible integration of visual cues in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder  R. Bedford et al., Autism Research, February 2016

Frequency and correlates of service access among youth with autism transitioning to adulthood  J.L. Taylor & N.A. Henninger, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, January 2015

Functional convergence of histone methyltransferases EHMT1 and KMT2C involved in intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder  T.S. Koemans et al., PLoS Genetics, October 2017

Gazefinder as a clinical supplementary tool for discriminating between autism spectrum disorder and typical development in male adolescents and adults  T. Fujioka et al., Molecular Autism, March 2016

Gender differences in the social motivation and friendship experiences of autistic and non-autistic adolescents  F. Sedgewick et al., Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, April 2016

Genetic evidence for elevated pathogenicity of mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy in autism spectrum disorder  Y. Wang et al., PLoS Genetics, October 2016

Health care transition services for youth with autism spectrum disorders: Perspectives of caregivers  K.A. Kuhlthau et al., Pediatrics, February 2016

How the internet came together to find a sippy cup for autistic teen  CBC's As It Happens, November 29, 2016

How listening to autistic adults helped me understand and support my son  S. Des Roches Rosa, Washington Post, October 17, 2019

How sensory experiences affect adolescents with an autistic spectrum condition within the classroom  F.E. Howe & S.D. Stagg, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, May 2016

Identification of developmental and behavioral markers associated with genetic abnormalities in autism spectrum disorder  S.L. Bishop et al., American Journal of Psychiatry, June 2017

Improving transportability of a cognitive-behavioral treatment intervention for anxiety in youth with autism spectrum disorders: Results from a US-Canada collaboration  J. Reaven et al., Autism, February 2015

Increased risk of autism development in children whose mothers experienced birth complications or received labor and delivery drugs  M. Smallwood et al., ASN Neuro, August 2016

Increasing adaptive behavior skill deficits from childhood to adolescence in autism spectrum disorder: Role of executive function  C.E. Pugliese et al., Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, June 2015

The influence of 5-HTTLPR transporter genotype on amygdala-subgenual anterior cingulate cortex connectivity in autism spectrum disorder  F. Velasquez et al., Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, April 2017

Investigating the microstructural correlation of white matter in autism spectrum disorder  D.C. Dean et al., Brain Connectivity, June 2016

Irritability and problem behavior in autism spectrum disorder: A practice pathway for pediatric primary care  K. McGuire et al., Pediatrics, February 2016

Jobs and college pose big challenges for young people with autism  S. Hensley, Shots: Health News from NPR, May 14, 2012

JobTIPS: A transition to employment program for individuals with autism spectrum disorders  D.C. Strickland et al., Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, October 2013

Judgment of learning accuracy in high-functioning adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorder  C. Grainger et al., Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, November 2016

Kids with autism quick to detect motion  L. Zuraw, Shots: Health News from NPR, May 10, 2013

Late positive potential ERP responses to social and nonsocial stimuli in youth with autism spectrum disorder  S.D. Benning et al., Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, September 2016

Legislative: Transitioning the older adolescent living with autism spectrum disorder to adult primary medical home: A call for nursing action  K. Rogers & M.B. Zeni, Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, November 2014

Longitudinal cortical development during adolescence and young adulthood in autism spectrum disorder: Increased cortical thinning but comparable surface area changes  G.L. Wallace et al., Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, June 2015

Longitudinal course of bipolar disorder in youth with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder  X. Borue et al., Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, December 2016

Lurasidone for the treatment of irritability associated with autistic disorder  A. Loebel et al., Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, April 2016

Medical and behavioral correlates of depression history in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder  J.L. Greenlee et al., Pediatrics, February 2016

Medical therapy for inappropriate sexual behaviors in a teen with autism spectrum disorder  L. Coshway et al., Pediatrics, April 2016

Mirror-touch synaesthesia is not associated with heightened empathy, and can occur with autism  S. Baron-Cohen et al., PLoS One, August 2016

Modified CBT using visualization for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), anxiety and avoidance behavior--a quasi-experimental open pilot study  E. Ekman & A.J. Hiltunen, Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, December 2015

Morphological alterations in the thalamus, striatum, and pallidum in autism spectrum disorder  M. Schuetze et al., Neuropsychopharmacology, October 2016

Multidimensional influences on autism symptom measures: Implications for use in etiological research  K.A. Havdahl et al., Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, December 2016

Multivariate characterization of white matter heterogeneity in autism spectrum disorder  D.C. Dean et al., Neuroimage, January 2017

Name recognition in autism: EEG evidence of altered patterns of brain activity and connectivity  A. Nowicka et al., Molecular Autism, September 2016

Neural systems for social cognition: Gray matter volume abnormalities in boys at high genetic risk of autism symptoms, and a comparison with idiopathic autism spectrum disorder  M.N. Goddard et al., European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, September 2016

No apparent cardiac conduction effects of acute treatment with risperidone in children with autism spectrum disorder  L.C. Vo et al., Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, December 2016

No association between mycotoxin exposure and autism: A pilot case-control study in school-aged children  J. Duringer et al., Toxins, July 2016

Nowhere to go: Young people with severe autism languish in hospitals  C. Jewett, Kaiser Health News, September 26, 2017

Oxytocin efficacy is modulated by dosage and oxytocin receptor genotype in young adults with high-functioning autism: A 24-week randomized clinical trial  H. Kosaka et al., Translational Psychiatry, August 2016

Pattern of diagnosis and co-occurring symptoms in adopted children with autism spectrum disorder  J. Ezell et al., Pediatrics, February 2016

Pediatric traumatic brain injury and autism: Elucidating shared mechanisms  R. Singh et al., Behavioural Neurology, December 2016

Persistent angiogenesis in the autism brain: An immunocytochemical study of postmortem cortex, brainstem and cerebellum  E.C. Azmitia et al., Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, April 2016

Pharmacologic treatment of severe irritability and problem behaviors in autism: A systematic review and meta-analysis  L.K. Fung et al., Pediatrics, February 2016

The phenomenology and clinical correlates of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in youth with autism spectrum disorders  E.A. Storch et al., Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, October 2013

Physiological response to social evaluative threat in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder  E.K. Edmiston et al., Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, September 2016

A pilot study for robot appearance preferences among high-functioning individuals with autism spectrum disorder: Implications for therapeutic use  H. Kumazaki et al., PLoS One, October 2017

Plasma amino acid profile in autism spectrum disorder (ASD)  K.A. Bala et al., European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences, March 2016

Population impact of preterm birth and low birth weight on developmental disabilities in US children  L.A. Schieve et al., Annals of Epidemiology, April 2016

Post–high school service use among young adults with an autism spectrum disorder  P.T. Shattuck et al., Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, February 2011

Prevalence of ever-diagnosed ASD 2.79 percent in U.S. children  HealthDay News, December 3, 2018

Prevalence of non-febrile seizures in children with idiopathic autism spectrum disorder and their unaffected siblings: A retrospective cohort study  L.M. McCue et al., BMC Neurology, November 2016

Psychiatric hospitalization of children with autism or intellectual disability: Consensus statements on best practices  K. McGuire et al., Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, December 2015

The psychologist as an interlocutor in autism spectrum disorder assessment: Insights from a study of spontaneous prosody  D. Bone et al., Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, August 2014

Psychosis in autism: Comparison of the features of both conditions in a dually affected cohort  F.V. Larson et al., British Journal of Psychiatry, April 2017

Quantitative autistic trait measurements index background genetic risk for ASD in Hispanic families  J. Page et al., Molecular Autism, September 2016

A randomized controlled trial of cognitive-behavioral therapy versus treatment as usual for adolescents with autism spectrum disorders and comorbid anxiety  E.A. Storch et al., Depression and Anxiety, March 2015

Randomized controlled trial of therapeutic horseback riding in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder  R.L. Gabriels et al., Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, July 2015

Reasoning on the autism spectrum: A dual process theory account  M. Brosnan et al., Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, June 2016

Recognizing the same face in different contexts: Testing within-person face recognition in typical development and in autism  L. Neil et al., Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, March 2016

Reduced hemispheric asymmetry of white matter microstructure in autism spectrum disorder  R.A. Carper et al., Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, December 2016

The relation between face-emotion recognition and social function in adolescents with autism spectrum disorders: A case control study  A.L. Høyland et al., PLoS One, October 2017

The relationship between early neural responses to emotional faces at age 3 and later autism and anxiety symptoms in adolescents with autism  E. Neuhaus et al., Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, July 2016

The relationship between intolerance of uncertainty, sensory sensitivities, and anxiety in autistic and typically developing children  L. Neil et al., Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, June 2016

Rethinking the concepts of 'local or global processors': Evidence from Williams syndrome, Down syndrome, and autism spectrum disorders  D. D'Souza et al., Developmental Science, May 2016

Salience network connectivity in autism is related to brain and behavioral markers of sensory overresponsivity  S.A. Green et al., Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, July 2016

Salivary miRNA profiles identify children with autism spectrum disorder, correlate with adaptive behavior, and implicate ASD candidate genes involved in neurodevelopment  S.D. Hicks et al., BMC Pediatrics, April 2016

Sex differences in autism: A resting-state fMRI investigation of functional brain connectivity in males and females  K. Alaerts et al., Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, June 2016

Short report: Relationship between restricted and repetitive behaviours in children with autism spectrum disorder and their parents  M. Uljarević et al., Molecular Autism, June 2016

Social function and communication in optimal outcome children and adolescents with an autism history on structured test measures  A.J. Orinstein et al., Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, August 2015

Somatosensory event-related potentials and association with tactile behavioral responsiveness patterns in children with ASD  C.J. Cascio et al., Brain Topography, November 2015

Subdimensions of social-communication impairment in autism spectrum disorder  S.L. Bishop et al., Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, August 2016

Symptoms of autism and schizophrenia spectrum disorders in clinically referred youth with oppositional defiant disorder  K.D. Gadow & D.A. Drabick, Research in Developmental Disabilities, July 2012

A systematic review of pragmatic language interventions for children with autism spectrum disorder  L. Parsons et al., PLoS One, April 2017

Telehealth delivery of cognitive-behavioral intervention to youth with autism spectrum disorder and anxiety: A pilot study  S.L. Hepburn et al., Autism, February 2016

Theory of mind and executive control deficits in typically developing adults and adolescents with high levels of autism traits  E. Gökçen et al., Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, June 2016

Thriving in youth with autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability  J.A. Weiss & R.P. Burnham, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, August 2015

Time reproduction performance is associated with age and working memory in high-functioning youth with autism spectrum disorder  L.A. Brenner et al., Autism Research, February 2015

Trends in the prevalence of developmental disabilities in US children, 1997-2008  C.A. Boyle et al., Pediatrics, May 2011

Underconnected, but not broken? Dynamic functional connectivity MRI shows underconnectivity in autism is linked to increased intra-individual variability across time  M. Falahpour et al., Brain Connectivity, June 2016

Use of machine learning to improve autism screening and diagnostic instruments: Effectiveness, efficiency, and multi-instrument fusion  D. Bone et al., Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, August 2016

Visual preference for social stimuli in individuals with autism or neurodevelopmental disorders: An eye-tracking study  H. Crawford et al., Molecular Autism, April 2016

Wanting it too much: An inverse relation between social motivation and facial emotion recognition in autism spectrum disorder  H.D. Garman et al., Child Psychiatry and Human Development, December 2016

When is Tourette syndrome actually autism?  HealthDay, June 2017

White matter diffusion of major fiber tracts implicated in autism spectrum disorder  L.E. Libero et al., Brain Connectivity, November 2016

Young adolescents with autism show abnormal joint attention network: A gaze contingent fMRI study  E. Oberwelland et al., Neuroimage, January 2017

Young adults with autism can thrive in high-tech jobs  L Silverman, Shots: Health News from NPR, April 22, 2013