Reduced Social Attention: Hallmark of Autism or a Result of Sensory Overload?
New Study Uses Immersive Virtual Reality and Eyetracking Technology to Find Out Researchers from Dartmouth recently set out to investigate why individuals with autism often exhibit reduced social attention. The team searched for a better explanation for autism-related social challenges than simply being a core feature or a hallmark of autism. Instead, these researchers theorized […]
Children with Developmental Disabilities Are at Risk of Disenfranchised Grief
Excluding Kids with Needs from the Concept of Death and Death Rituals Can Be Detrimental Last month, SafeMinds Shares discussed the concept of complicated grief. Specifically, we reported how this type of despair is more prevalent in people with intellectual disabilities. This month, a new review from the University of Maryland, Baltimore has been published […]
Dysgraphia–What Is It? And How Do You Treat It?
Tips for Helping Children Who Struggle with Learning to Write Dysgraphia is a learning disability that affects the ability to write and is a condition that is frequently seen comorbidly with autism. It involves two challenges–motor weaknesses that affect the physical writing process and cognitive issues that impact written expression. Children who struggle with motor […]
Maternal Disorders During Pregnancy Can Increase the Risk of Autism with Gastrointestinal Disturbances in Offspring
Obesity, Diabetes, Preeclampsia, and Asthma in Mothers Linked to Both Conditions Researchers from Kaiser Permanente Southern California and scientists from the University of Southern California recently assessed associations between maternal obesity, diabetes, preeclampsia, and asthma during pregnancy with the likelihood of developing autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and gastrointestinal disturbances (GIDs) in offspring. Previous studies demonstrated […]
Community Shares | October 10th 2022
A team of researchers at the University of Florida has secured a five-year, $10 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate cognitive changes in the brain that occur in people with autism as they age. The team aims to explore if aging is accelerated in people with autism. If it is, they […]
Community Shares | October 3rd 2022
A new study contradicts parental reports and previous research detailing behavioral improvements in children with autism during a fever. After profiling 141 children with autism, only three demonstrated consistent behavioral improvements during a fever episode. The other 138 children had stronger and more frequent negative behavior changes during fever than seen in typically developing children. […]
