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Prevalence of overweight/obesity in children and youth with autism spectrum disorder, and associations between weight status and range of factors

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This trial will determine the effectiveness of the TOBY App as a therapeutic complement to other early interventions children with ASD receive

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Characterised by varying degrees of difficulties in communication skills and social abilities, one in every 100 individuals will have a diagnosis of an autism spectrum condition. While autism is known to run in families, the exact causes remain unknown.

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Reported practice of some professionals in Australia may not be consistent with international best practice guidelines for ASD diagnosis

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Mothers of children with autism without ID had increased risk of cancer, which may relate to common genetic pathways

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Strictly defined cases of social (pragmatic) communication disorder and specific language impairment can be distinguished from autism spectrum disorder

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Restricted and repetitive behaviours constitute a core symptom domain of autism spectrum disorder

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We examine the level of comorbidity found between Autism spectrum disorder and Schizophrenia spectrum disorders at a clinical and trait level

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Increases in ASD was not only limited to advancing paternal or maternal age alone but also to differences parental age including younger or older similarly age

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The prevalence of intellectual disability has risen in WA over the last 10 years with most of this increase due to mild or moderate intellectual disability

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Mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder or intellectual disability have higher rates of treatment episodes for psychiatric disorders

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Identified no significant differences between the high- and low-risk fetuses in the rate of prenatal head and body growth throughout the 2nd and 3rd-trimester