Toward a Europe-wide Patient-centric Approach to Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autism Spectrum Disorder and International Travel

The literature on international travellers with psychiatric disorders is limited. This perspective article highlights various travel-related aspects of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), including its aetiological association with maternal migration, the difficulties faced by long-term travelers with autistic children, and the facilitation of international travel for autistic individuals by the tr...

The SVIP Study: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Autism Spectrum Disorder

Histone Acetylome-wide Association Study of Autism Spectrum Disorder

The association of histone modification changes with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has not been systematically examined. We conducted a histone acetylome-wide association study (HAWAS) by performing H3K27ac chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (ChIP-seq) on 257 postmortem samples from ASD and matched control brains. Despite etiological heterogeneity, ≥68% of syndromic and idiopathic ASD ca...

Toward Soft, Robust Robots for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

meltdown is one of the most challenging behaviors of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), where a child could not calm down or too overwhelmed with a certain situation. Because social robots are becoming useful as a therapy tool between the therapist and a child with ASD, as robot designers, we want to anticipate that a robot could be thrown on the floor or to the therapist or caregive...

Comparison of Motor Skills in At-risk with Autism Spectrum Disorder Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Typical Development Children

Background: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex developmental disorder characterized by repetitive and stereotypical patterns, and difficulties with social communication and interaction in early childhood. Motor development and dysfunction in children with ASD has been the subject of study in recent years and has attracted much of the attention of researchers. As motor dysfunctions can ...