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15 Nov 2010: Amgen Scholar Jamie Stefaniak, is studying medicine at Cambridge University. He carried out research into protein synthesis in developing neurons - a molecular mechanism thought to underlie neurological disorders such as autism

24 Aug 2021: Many autistic people have additional physical health conditions such as epilepsy, or mental health conditions such as anxiety or depression. ... Spectrum 10K hopes to answer questions such as why some autistic people have epilepsy or poor mental health

27 Jan 2020: Current treatments for ASD at preschool age are mainly behavioural interventions, such as using play and joint activities between parents and their child to boost language, social and cognitive skills. ... The researchers assessed symptoms using the

18 Feb 2015: Some, such as those that occur in 'germ cells' – which create sperm or eggs – cause changes affecting the individual's offspring. ... Researchers say the increased DNA mutations in the reproductive cells of adolescent boys could explain why the

24 Oct 2014: Indigos will often demedicalise conditions such as ADHD and Autism - seeing them more as manifestations of the disruptive characteristics of these individuals. ... Lyrics reflect new age ideas such as ‘the third eye’, ‘awakening to the truth’ and

16 Jul 2014: This is the first time such a large sample, especially of females with autism, has been studied, since autism is less common in females. ... The results also fit with other research showing that children who go on to have autism show elevated prenatal

27 Feb 2020: such as dyslexia, dyscalculia or developmental language disorder, or of a developmental disorder such as attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dyspraxia, or autism spectrum disorder. ... Children who had well-connected brain hubs had

9 Aug 2013: This may implicate physiological mechanisms that drive sexual dimorphism, such as prenatal sex hormones and sex-linked genetic mechanisms.”. ... He said: “Autism as a whole is complex and vastly diverse, or heterogeneous, and this new study indicates

23 Sep 2014: Last year, the American Psychiatric Association removed Asperger Syndrome (Asperger’s Disorder) as a separate diagnosis from its diagnostic manual (DSM-5), and instead subsumed it within ‘autism spectrum disorder.’ The ... Although we support the

1 Jul 2021: The team at the Autism Research Centre in Cambridge used a ‘mixed methods’ design to consider both the frequency of substance use among autistic individuals, as well as their self-reported ... peers to report using recreational drugs (such as