Prediction of autism in infants: progress and challenges

G Dawson, AD Rieder, MH Johnson - The Lancet Neurology, 2023 - thelancet.com
Autism spectrum disorder (henceforth autism) is a neurodevelopmental condition that can be
reliably diagnosed in children by age 18–24 months. Prospective longitudinal studies of …

Screening for autism: A review of the current state, ongoing challenges, and novel approaches on the horizon

KE Wallis, W Guthrie - Pediatric Clinics, 2024 - pediatric.theclinics.com
A variety of screening tools have been developed and tested to identify early signs of autism
and aid in early recognition. However, despite long-standing guidance to screen universally …

A data-driven approach in an unbiased sample reveals equivalent sex ratio of autism spectrum disorder–associated impairment in early childhood

CA Burrows, RL Grzadzinski, K Donovan… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Sex differences in the prevalence of neurodevelopmental disorders are
particularly evident in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Heterogeneous symptom …

Assessment of autism spectrum disorder

Y Yu, S Ozonoff, M Miller - Assessment, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by
challenges in social interaction and communication and the presence of restricted interests …

Social motivation in infancy is associated with familial recurrence of ASD

N Marrus, KN Botteron, Z Hawks, JR Pruett… - Development and …, 2024 - cambridge.org
Pre-diagnostic deficits in social motivation are hypothesized to contribute to autism spectrum
disorder (ASD), a heritable neurodevelopmental condition. We evaluated psychometric …

Symptom trajectories in the first 18 months and autism risk in a prospective high‐risk cohort

L Zwaigenbaum, J Brian, IM Smith… - Journal of Child …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Although early autism spectrum disorder (ASD) detection strategies tend to
focus on differences at a point in time, behavioral symptom trajectories may also be …

Early differences in auditory processing relate to Autism Spectrum Disorder traits in infants with Neurofibromatosis Type I

J Begum-Ali, A Kolesnik-Taylor, I Quiroz… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background Sensory modulation difficulties are common in children with conditions such as
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and could contribute to other social and non-social …

The pull-to-sit task: examining infant postural development in autism Spectrum disorder

J Bradshaw, D Shi, A Federico, C Klaiman… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate the predictive relationship between early trajectories of postural and
head control during a pull-to-sit task and later autism diagnostic and developmental …

Leveraging telehealth to evaluate infants with prodromal autism spectrum disorder characteristics using the telehealth evaluation of development for infants

MR Talbott, S Dufek, G Young, SJ Rogers - Autism, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This study investigated the feasibility of recruiting and assessing infants with prodromal
autism characteristics in the first year of life via telehealth. Participants included 41 infants …

Can combining existing behavioral tools improve identification of infants at elevated likelihood of autism in the first year of life?

MR Talbott, GS Young, S Ozonoff - Autism, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Identifying infants at elevated likelihood for autism and other developmental differences in
the first year of life remains a significant challenge. This study explored associations …