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Autism spectrum research

Everything we have read on autism spectrum. Each paper is summarised from the full article rather than its abstract, so the limitations are in there too, and the funding wherever the paper declares it.

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• SLPOther2018Mobile technology use and skills among individuals with fragile X syndrome: implications for healthcare decision making.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDRParents of individuals with fragile X syndrome reported high device ownership and frequent online health information seeking. In-person assessments showed six adults could use basic tablet functions with prompting, but advanced navigation and typing proved difficult. Engagement was moderate for assessment tasks and high for familiar free-play apps.
• PTOTSLPCase-Control2018Comparison of maternal beliefs about causes of autism spectrum disorder and association with utilization of services and treatments.Child: care, health and developmentMothers’ causal beliefs were linked to service use. Believing environmental, vaccine, or medication causes was linked to more complementary and alternative medicine, and not knowing a cause was linked to more conventional medication. Ask families what they believe.
• SLPPilot2019Autism at a glance: A pilot study optimizing thin-slice observations.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceShort 2-minute play videos rated by five people produced stable scores linked to autism severity and language. The method was not ready to identify autism on its own.
• SLPCohort2019Autism spectrum disorder symptoms from ages 2 to 19 years: Implications for diagnosing adolescents and young adults.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchCaregiver-reported social-communication symptoms often decreased from age 2 to 19, especially when phrase speech emerged. Minimally verbal participants improved less, and facial expression problems persisted. Caregiver interview scores may miss adult ASD symptoms.
• SLPOther2019Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder Can Use Language to Update Their Expectations About the World.Journal of autism and developmental disordersToddlers with autism looked longer when an animal moved contrary to what they had just heard, like typical toddlers. In a simple eye-tracking task, spoken cues could update expectations about a hidden scene.
• SLPQualitative2019Neurodivergent intersubjectivity: Distinctive features of how autistic people create shared understanding.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic adults playing video games together often shifted topics and assumed shared cultural references. These moves could fragment conversation, but also build humour and rapport quickly. Apparent miscoordination may be a different way of relating.
• SLPCohort2018Oral microbiome activity in children with autism spectrum disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchSaliva microbial activity differed between children with autism and typical or developmentally delayed children. Some patterns tracked communication and gut problems, not ADHD or daily living. This is an association, not a test of treatment.
• SLPCohort2018The autism spectrum phenotype in ADNP syndrome.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchIn ADNP syndrome, all eleven participants had intellectual disability, but only seven met autism criteria. Social communication severity tracked verbal IQ, and repetitive sensory-motor behavior stood out.
• SLPCase-Control2019Brief Report: Maternal Opioid Prescription from Preconception Through Pregnancy and the Odds of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Autism Features in Children.Journal of autism and developmental disordersMothers with an opioid prescription before conception in this study were more likely to have a child with autism or autism features than mothers without one. Prescriptions during pregnancy did not show a clear association.
• OTSLPCohort2019Longitudinal assessment of stability of sensory features in children with autism spectrum disorder or other developmental disabilities.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchSome sensory problems eased over time, but children with more severe problems at the first visit usually stayed relatively worse. More occupational, speech-language, or total therapy hours were linked to worse later sensory problems, not better.
• SLPSystematic Review2019Telehealth as a Model for Providing Behaviour Analytic Interventions to Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAcross 28 studies, telehealth training for parents and staff delivering behaviour analytic interventions to children with autism showed improvements in many studies, but quality was weak and the review did not call it evidence-based practice.
• SLPCase-Control2019Task Dependency When Evaluating Association Between Facial Emotion Recognition and Facial Emotion Expression in Children with ASD.Journal of autism and developmental disordersChildren with ASD recognized emotions less accurately and made more atypical facial expressions than peers. For children with ASD, recognition ability related to expression for named emotions, but not for human faces or scenes.
• OTSLPSurvey2019University Students with Autism: The Social and Academic Experiences of University in the UK.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAutistic university students in the UK reported more social and academic difficulties than non-autistic peers, including thoughts of withdrawal. Many still described academic strengths and wanted friendships. These are self-reported experiences, not evidence that any support works.
• SLPCohort2019Resistance to temptation in toddlers at genetic risk for autism spectrum disorder.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceToddlers later diagnosed with autism showed less ability to resist touching a forbidden toy. At 28 months none of them resisted, while about 40% of other toddlers did; at 34 months 20% resisted, versus 73% low-risk and 64% high-risk-no-diagnosis toddlers.
• SLPOther2018Behavioral predictors of improved speech output in minimally verbal children with autism.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchMinimally verbal children with autism who could imitate more speech sounds at baseline showed more improvement in speech after 25 therapy sessions. Singing plus drum-tapping improved more than speech repetition therapy.
• SLPRCT2018The impact of robotic intervention on joint attention in children with autism spectrum disorders.Molecular autismChildren with autism showed more joint attention when prompted by a small robot with moving eyes than by a person in a brief lab task. After the robot session, some also improved with a person. This was a brief session, not therapy.
• PTSLPOther2018Trends in documented co-occurring conditions in children with autism spectrum disorder, 2002-2010.Research in developmental disabilitiesDocumented co-occurring conditions in children with ASD rose from 2002 to 2010, especially language disorder and motor developmental disability, while intellectual disability decreased. The authors say this may reflect more conditions being documented or diagnosed.
• SLPOther2019Do Beliefs About Whether Others Can See Modulate Social Seeking in Autism?Journal of autism and developmental disordersTypical adults chose to watch videos of people who could see them more often than those who could not. Autistic adults showed no such preference. This suggests reduced social motivation in autism is not due to avoiding eye shapes, but to not finding the belief that someone can see rewarding.
• SLPOther2019Sensitivity and Specificity of the ADOS-2 Algorithm in a Large German Sample.Journal of autism and developmental disordersADOS-2 and ADOS performed similarly in most comparisons, but Module 1 had poor specificity. Adding SCQ and SRS improved Module 4 autism versus non-ASD classification, not Module 3.
• SLPSurvey2019Delayed autism spectrum disorder recognition in children and adolescents previously diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceChildren and adolescents with autism who had ADHD first were diagnosed with autism later, and girls showed a larger delay. Adults with prior ADHD did not show this timing difference.
• SLPCohort2018Fetal and Infancy Growth Pattern, Cord and Early Childhood Plasma Leptin, and Development of Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Boston Birth Cohort.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchExtremely rapid infancy weight gain and higher early childhood leptin were associated with later autism spectrum disorder diagnosis, while cord leptin and being small or large for gestational age were not.
• OTSLPCohort2018Infant quantitative risk for autism spectrum disorder predicts executive function in early childhood.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchAt 3.5 years, children whose parents reported more sensory-regulatory behaviors at 12 months showed more parent-reported executive-function difficulties. This remained after accounting for later ASD symptoms. Social-communication risk did not.
• SLPCohort2019Stability of Autistic Traits from 5 to 8 Years of Age Among Children in the General Population.Journal of autism and developmental disordersMean autistic trait scores showed no significant change from age 5 to 8. Still, children tended to keep their relative position, and higher-scoring children showed moderate stability.
• SLPCase-Control2019Signing with the Face: Emotional Expression in Narrative Production in Deaf Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersDeaf children with autism produced a similar total number of facial actions to deaf controls, but fewer exactly matched adult signers, especially for demand and mischief.
• OTSLPCohort2019Clinical correlates of sluggish cognitive tempo in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceIn adolescents with autism, sluggish cognitive tempo symptoms were linked to higher autism severity and more anxiety or depression. Attention-deficit symptoms were linked to more rule-breaking. Both were linked to daily executive function problems, but sluggish tempo specifically related to planning and memory.
• SLPCohort2018In Search of Biomarkers for Autism Spectrum Disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchIn 38 high-functioning men with autism, no single measure stood out as a ready-made biomarker for social communication. SCIT, ASR, RMET and smell tests related to clinician ratings, but most links were modest and varied by test.
• SLPOther2019Development of a Brief Parent-Report Screen for Common Gastrointestinal Disorders in Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersA 17-item parent report caught 83.6% of children with at least one GI disorder, but only 43.4% of children without one were correctly screened negative. It is not yet validated and does not diagnose constipation, diarrhea, or reflux.
• SLPOther2019Measuring treatment response in children with autism spectrum disorder: Applications of the Brief Observation of Social Communication Change to the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceThe Brief Observation of Social Communication Change scoring method applied to standard ADOS videos detected social communication changes in minimally verbal children with autism spectrum disorder over months. Routine ADOS severity scores did not. This is about measurement, not proof that treatment worked.
• SLPCase-Control2019Neural self-representation in autistic women and association with 'compensatory camouflaging'.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceAutistic women did not show the reduced brain activity for thinking about themselves seen in autistic men. In autistic women, stronger activity for thinking about themselves went with more camouflaging, or masking autistic traits.
• SLPOther2018Savant syndrome has a distinct psychological profile in autism.Molecular autismAutistic adults with savant skills reported more sensory, obsessional and systemising traits than autistic adults without them. They did not differ on social or communication traits.
• SLPCase-Control2018Links between looking and speaking in autism and first-degree relatives: insights into the expression of genetic liability to autism.Molecular autismPeople with autism and their parents show slower naming and different eye movement patterns during a rapid naming task. These basic language processing differences link to repetitive behaviors and narrative ability, suggesting they may reflect underlying genetic risk for autism.
• SLPOther2019Development and Validation of the Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CAT-Q).Journal of autism and developmental disordersA 25-item self-report camouflaging questionnaire measured three behaviours in autistic and non-autistic adults: learning social skills, hiding autistic traits, and forcing yourself to fit in. Higher total scores were linked to anxiety, depression in autistic adults, and lower wellbeing.
• SLPOther2019Perception of Cry Characteristics in 1-Month-Old Infants Later Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersMothers rated four one-month-old cries from infants later diagnosed with autism as more distressing, less typical, and more painful than matched control cries. Parent group did not change ratings. Only four autism cries were studied, so this is not a screening tool.
• SLPRCT2019Therapists' Adaptations to an Intervention to Reduce Challenging Behaviors in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Publicly Funded Mental Health Services.Journal of autism and developmental disorders95% of therapists made adaptations while delivering AIM HI to children with autism. They commonly changed language, slowed the pace, added other approaches, and involved teachers. The study did not show whether these adaptations improved challenging behavior.
• SLPSurvey2019Mock Juror Perceptions of Credibility and Culpability in an Autistic Defendant.Journal of autism and developmental disordersMock jurors who were told the defendant had ASD and how it affected him rated him more honest and less blameworthy. They were more likely to choose not guilty and, when choosing guilty, more lenient in sentencing attitudes. Cognitive functioning ratings did not differ.
• SLPOther2019Diagnosing Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children with Low Mental Age.Journal of autism and developmental disordersIn toddlers with autism functioning below a 12-month level, the ADOS often over-classified autism, while the CARS agreed more closely with clinical judgment. Early social behaviors like eye contact, name response, and joint attention helped separate autism from global delay.
• SLPOther2019The games they play: Observations of children with autism spectrum disorder on the school playground.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceFifty-five children with ASD spent 25% of observed recess and lunch time alone and 30% with peers. Most initiations and responses were successful. Self-stimulation was infrequent, mainly when alone.
• OTSLPOther2019ASD Comorbidity in Fragile X Syndrome: Symptom Profile and Predictors of Symptom Severity in Adolescent and Young Adult Males.Journal of autism and developmental disordersIn adolescent and young adult males with fragile X syndrome, weaker sentence construction was associated with more severe autism symptoms, especially social communication symptoms. Repetitive behaviors were associated with nonverbal IQ and anxiety, avoidance, or hyperactivity.
• SLPOther2019Thinking Ahead: Incremental Language Processing is Associated with Receptive Language Abilities in Preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersPreschoolers with autism who had stronger receptive language looked to the named picture earlier when a verb hinted what noun was coming. The link was twice as strong when the verb gave a clue than when it did not.
• SLPCohort2019Parental criticism and behavior problems in children with autism spectrum disorder.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceParental criticism linked to behavior problems in children with autism, but the effect depended on context. Criticism predicted internalizing issues only when parental warmth was moderate, not high. It predicted externalizing issues only in children with moderate or high physiological stress reactivity.
• SLPOther2018Sex differences in social attention in autism spectrum disorder.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism ResearchSchool-aged girls with autism looked at faces more than boys with autism when trains and other objects were shown. Reduced looking at faces in autism may describe boys more than girls.
• SLPQualitative2019Parent and professional perspectives on behavioral inflexibility in autism spectrum disorders: A qualitative study.Autism : the international journal of research and practiceParents and clinicians described behavioral inflexibility in children with autism as changing with context and age. They said routines, advance planning, and family flexibility helped, while unexpected changes could trigger distress.
• SLPOther2019Motion-Capture Patterns of Voluntarily Mimicked Dynamic Facial Expressions in Children and Adolescents With and Without ASD.Journal of autism and developmental disordersChildren with ASD copied positive and negative faces with similar overall facial movement, while children without ASD moved more for positive faces. In the ASD group, high-intensity copies often peaked briefly rather than being sustained.
• SLPOther2019Anxiety and Interpretation of Ambiguity in Autistic Children, Typical Children and Their Mothers.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAutistic children and typical children reported similar anxiety and similar interpretations of ambiguous situations. Mothers of autistic children reported more anxiety in themselves and in their children than mothers of typical children did, and saw their children as more threatened, distressed and avoidant.
• SLPCohort2019Effects of Delay, Question Type, and Socioemotional Support on Episodic Memory Retrieval by Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disordersChildren with autism produced fewer details than peers when asked open-ended questions but remained highly accurate. Cued invitations, which refocus on details the child already mentioned, elicited the most information. Supportive comments increased details at the two-week interview but not at two months.
• SLPOther2018A cross-cultural study of autistic traits across India, Japan and the UK.Molecular autismFive social communication items identified children with autism from typically developing controls across India, Japan and the UK. Four items about spontaneity, talking over others, jokes and social occasions varied by country, so translated screening questions may need checking.
• SLPOther2019Prevalence and Predictors of Anxiety Disorders in Adolescent and Adult Males with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Fragile X Syndrome.Journal of autism and developmental disordersOverall anxiety disorder rates did not differ significantly between males with non-syndromic ASD and males with FXS. The rate was 51.6% in FXS and 50.0% in ASD. Nonverbal ability and ASD severity did not help identify who had anxiety.
• SLPOther2019Social Conformity in Autism.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAutistic adults conformed to incorrect group answers just as often as neurotypical adults. They also maintained these false beliefs after learning the group was wrong, showing no difference in susceptibility to social influence.
• SLPCohort2019Sex Differences in Social Attention in Infants at Risk for Autism.Journal of autism and developmental disordersAt 10 months, infant siblings of autistic children did not differ from controls in overall looking at eyes or mouth of happy and fearful faces. The pattern differed by sex: male siblings looked more at mouths than male controls, female siblings less than female controls.
• SLPCohort2019Spotting Signs of Autism in 3-Year-Olds: Comparing Information from Parents and Preschool Staff.Journal of autism and developmental disordersPreschool staff reports separated 3-year-olds with autism from high-risk siblings without autism and low-risk controls better than parent reports. Staff reports also matched clinical autism observation more closely, but two of 10 children with autism were missed.