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Adults with autism are at risk for host of health problems

Adults with autism are at an increased risk for diabetes, depression and a number of other health problems, according to a large survey of electronic health records published 24 April in Autism 1. “The prevalence of co-occurring medical and psychiatric conditions is very high in adults with autism in pretty much every category across the board,” says lead researcher Lisa Croen, director of

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Growing old with autism Spectrum Autism Research News

Unfriendly world: M ore than half of people with autism have four or more co-occurring conditions — from epilepsy and gastrointestinal conditions to obsessive-compulsive …

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The healthcare system is failing autistic adults

The healthcare system is failing autistic adults. Adults on the spectrum frequently have a range of other conditions — but they rarely get the help they need. Rebekah Hunter lay in the …

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Conditions that accompany autism, explained

The conditions that overlap with autism generally fall into one of four groups: classic medical problems, such as epilepsy, gastrointestinal issues or sleep disorders; developmental …

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Psychiatric conditions hospitalize almost one in three

About 32 percent of autistic women are hospitalized for a psychiatric condition by age 25, a fraction six times higher than for women without autism and nearly twice that of …

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Rising awareness may explain spike in autism diagnoses

The ICD-10 was last revised in 1994 and still lists Asperger syndrome and PDD-NOS as diagnoses independent of autism. Its next edition is expected in 2017. Boys are …

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Specialty clinics offer complete care for adults with autism

About half of the participants enrolled in the program have autism, including 549 adults. “Especially in adults with autism, there’s a lot of medical problems and a lot of …

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As the pandemic wanes, will autism diagnoses rise in its wake

In particular, children who were in utero and in the first trimester when New York City experienced its first pandemic peak had poorer motor and social skills than children born …

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Environmental risk for autism, explained

Environmental risk factors for autism include being born prematurely, soon after an older sibling or to a mother with diabetes, for example. Over the past 15 years or so, …

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How the loss of Asperger syndrome has lasting repercussions

In 2013, the 5 th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) — the ‘bible’ for diagnosticians in the United States and Australia — removed Asperger syndrome as …

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Medical ‘home’ programs offer coordinated care for autistic people

Our program — called the Neurobehavior Healthy Outcomes Medical Excellence, or HOME — provides ideal conditions for addressing the complex needs of people with …

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Large study ties gut issues in autism to inflammation

A 2015 study of medical records for nearly 1.5 million children arrived at a higher IBD prevalence among children with autism 2. That study drew on records from two databases …

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The benefits of special interests in autism

Teaching tool: W hereas neuroscientists are just beginning to explore the biology of special interests, educators have been experimenting with them for more than 30 years. In a …

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How pregnancy may shape a child’s autism

And a 2015 study that followed more than 2.3 million children born in Sweden from 1984 to 2007 reported that women who are hospitalized for infections during pregnancy have …

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Children with autism and ADHD often have additional mental …

“They are going to need a lot more care that our system may not be prepared for,” says Jill Fodstad, associate professor of clinical psychiatry at Indiana University in …

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Largest study to date confirms overlap between autism and …

The researchers also explored the relationship between gender identity and six mental health conditions, including schizophrenia, depression and attention deficit …

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The blurred line between autism and intellectual disability

Intellectual disability is characterized by difficulties in reasoning, problem-solving, comprehending complex ideas, and other cognitive skills; its diagnosis is based on an …

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Immune markers in newborns show complex relationship with …

Spectrum | Autism Research News https://www.spectrumnews.org ferritin, a protein that helps the body ‘hide’ the iron that pathogens need to survive.

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Obesity risk tracks with severity of autism traits, study suggests

Spectrum | Autism Research News https://www.spectrumnews.org children with autism. Of the 12 studies included in the analysis, 6 report significant weight loss in

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Pathological demand avoidance in autism, explained

Pathological demand avoidance (PDA) is a contentious term. Over the past 40 years, some clinicians have used it to describe a set of personality and behavioral traits …

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Supplements, worms and stool: How families are trying to

The baseline: T he interest in the microbiome’s role in autism is justified: Children on the spectrum are at least twice as likely as their typical peers to have digestive problems; …

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