background: classroom behaviors are disturbed in autistic students because of their repetitive, restlessness, and disruptive behaviors. this study aimed to examine the impacts of sitting on a ball, cushion, and/or common chair on classroom behavior of four students with autism spectrum disorder (asd). methods : four children with autism participated in this single-subject study. students’ behav...

Parents or caregivers of children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), often face the challenge of dealing simultaneously with affects of the diagnosis on the family system as well as adhering to advice to start intervention immediately. With the overwhelming growth of information on traditional and nontraditional therapies for autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), a review of an artic...

Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) exhibit intact rote learning with impaired generalization. A transitive inference paradigm, involving training on four sequentially presented stimulus pairs containing overlapping items, with subsequent testing on two novel pairs, was used to investigate this pattern of learning in 27 young adults with ASDs and 31 matched neurotypical individual...

Abstract Turn-taking is a type of interaction where two individuals alternate behaviour (e.g. during conversation). Such competence – which foundamental key in the social often compromised children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs). Neurodevelopmental therapists report how it extremely difficult to teach this skill young ASDs, yet would be very important. In current proposal we present an e...

Electroencephalogram (EEG) signals reflect the activities or electrical disturbances in neurons human brain. Therefore, these are vital for diagnosing certain brain disorders. This study mainly focused on diagnosis of epilepsy and autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) through analysis processing EEGs. In this study, artifacts were removed from EEG datasets using Independent Component Analysis filter...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) is higher in men than in women. The extreme male brain theory proposes that excessive prenatal testosterone activity could be a risk factor for ASDs. However, it is unclear whether prenatal sex hormone activity is a risk factor for women. The ratio of the length of the second to fourth digits (2D:4D) is considered to be a biomarker o...

OBJECTIVE Our objective was to compare access to and satisfaction with school and community health resources among families with a child with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and families of other children with special health care needs (CSHCN). METHODS Parents of 40,256 children aged 0 to 17 were surveyed by the 2005-2006 National Survey of Children With Special Health Care Needs. Autism wa...

Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) represents a heterogeneous group of neurodevelopmental disorders with similar core features of social and communication impairments, restricted interests and repetitive behaviors. Early synaptic dysfunction due to neuroinflammatory insults may underpin the pathogenesis of abnormal brain development in some of individuals with ASDs. As a critical component of the...

Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are a heterogeneous group of neurodevelopmental disorders affecting social communication, language and behavior. The underlying cause(s) in a given individual is often elusive, with the exception of clinically recognizable genetic syndromes with readily available molecular diagnosis, such as fragile X syndrome. Clinical geneticists approach patients with ASDs by...