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Estimating the Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Conditions in Adults: Extending the 2007 Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

You may recall that a couple of years ago a study came out looking at the prevalence of autism in adults in the United Kingdom. They found a prevalence of about 1%, the same as in children. There’s now a follow up study. The press release is below. The study can be found here. I [...]

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New Definition of Autism May Exclude Many, Study Suggests

Friday, January 20th, 2012

The New York Times reports New Definition of Autism May Exclude Many, Study Suggests. The study is not published yet and was presented at a conference in Iceland. The Times reports: The study results, presented on Thursday at a meeting of the Icelandic Medical Association, are still preliminary, but they offer the latest and most [...]

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Lower birth weight indicates higher risk of autistic traits in discordant twin pairs

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

Twin studies have shown that there is a strong genetic component to autism. When one “identical” twin has autism, the odds are high that the other twin does as well. But, what about those cases where only one twin has autism? The pair is “discordant”. One of the major twin studies ongoing is the “Child [...]

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The Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Toddlers: A Population Study of 2-Year-Old Swedish Children.

Sunday, November 6th, 2011

A recent study, The Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Toddlers: A Population Study of 2-Year-Old Swedish Children, considers changes in prevalence in very young children and the effect of early screening: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is more common than previously believed. ASD is increasingly diagnosed at very young ages. We report estimated ASD prevalence [...]

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