Sex and gender in neurodevelopmental conditions

S Bölte, J Neufeld, PB Marschik, ZJ Williams… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Health-related conditions often differ qualitatively or quantitatively between individuals of
different birth-assigned sexes and gender identities, and/or with different gendered …

Annual Research Review: Looking back to look forward–changes in the concept of autism and implications for future research

F Happé, U Frith - Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The concept of autism is a significant contribution from child psychiatry that has entered
wider culture and public consciousness, and has evolved significantly over the last four …

The neurodiversity approach (es): What are they and what do they mean for researchers?

P Dwyer - Human development, 2022 - karger.com
This paper presents the concepts of “neurodiversity” and the “neurodiversity approaches”
towards disability and discusses how confusion regarding the meaning of these concepts …

Time trends in autism diagnosis over 20 years: a UK population‐based cohort study

G Russell, S Stapley… - Journal of Child …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Autism spectrum disorder is a diagnosis that is increasingly applied; however,
previous studies have conflicting findings whether rates of diagnosis rates continue to grow …

[HTML][HTML] Autism spectrum heterogeneity: fact or artifact?

L Mottron, D Bzdok - Molecular psychiatry, 2020 - nature.com
The current diagnostic practices are linked to a 20-fold increase in the reported prevalence
of ASD over the last 30 years. Fragmenting the autism phenotype into dimensional “autistic …

[HTML][HTML] Autism in England: assessing underdiagnosis in a population-based cohort study of prospectively collected primary care data

E O'Nions, I Petersen, JEJ Buckman… - The Lancet Regional …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Autism has long been viewed as a paediatric condition, meaning that many
autistic adults missed out on a diagnosis as children when autism was little known. We …

Etiology of autism spectrum disorders and autistic traits over time

MJ Taylor, MA Rosenqvist, H Larsson… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The frequency with which autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are diagnosed has
shown a marked increase in recent years. One suggestion is that this is partly because of …

A radical change in our autism research strategy is needed: Back to prototypes

L Mottron - Autism Research, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The evolution of autism diagnosis, from its discovery to its current delineation using
standardized instruments, has been paralleled by a steady increase in its prevalence and …

[HTML][HTML] Current enlightenment about etiology and pharmacological treatment of autism spectrum disorder

N Eissa, M Al-Houqani, A Sadeq, SK Ojha… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental brain disorder
characterized by two core behavioral symptoms, namely impairments in social …

Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder in a large Italian catchment area: A school-based population study within the ASDEU project

A Narzisi, M Posada, F Barbieri, N Chericoni… - Epidemiology and …, 2020 - cambridge.org
AimsThis study aims to estimate Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) prevalence in school-
aged children in the province of Pisa (Italy) using the strategy of the ASD in the European …