Although compensating for their difficulties may help people with ASD connect with others, get jobs, and successfully navigate social situations, accumulating research suggests it can also lead to exhaustion, burnout, anxiety, and depression.
Anemia diagnosed during the first 30 weeks of pregnancy is associated with an increased risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and intellectual disability.
The FDA has granted Fast Track status to the microbiota transfer therapy, Full-Spectrum Microbiota (FSM), for the treatment of children with autism spectrum disorder.
In neonates, having a first-degree relative with autism spectrum disorder was associated with higher levels of dysmaturation of interconnected regions that process higher-order social information.
Risk of autism spectrum disorder with and without intellectual disability increases with prenatal and infant exposure to several common ambient pesticides.
A wearable digital behavioral intervention is associated with improvements in emotional recognition and facial engagement in children with autism spectrum disorders.
ADHD symptoms appear to have a dimensional relationship to adaptive behavior in children with autism spectrum disorder, regardless of whether the children meet diagnostic criteria for a comorbid ADHD diagnosis.
