Reduced eye contact early in life may play a role in the developmental pathways that
culminate in a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. However, there are contradictory …

The breadth of available non-pharmacological interventions for autistic children, with varying
evidence for efficacy summarised in multiple systematic reviews, creates challenges for …

BackgroundChildhood is a crucial neurodevelopmental period. We investigated whether
childhood reading for pleasure (RfP) was related to young adolescent assessments of …

Introduction: Autism has typically been characterized by its external manifestations rather
than experienced phenomenology, with consequent impacts on both research and practice …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) impacts an individual's ability to socialize, communicate,
and interact with, and adapt to, the environment. Over the last two decades, research has …

We are at a time of unparalleled flux in our understanding of what autism is and now to
respond to it, including our understanding of the role of clinical services. For any clinician …

The current epistemology of autism as a phenotype derives from the consistency of historical
accounts and decades of work within the tradition of descriptive epidemiology, culminating …

258 Autism 28 (2) implication (so less needful of gatekee**), and when well-delivered
they should be individually tailored rather than designed for a diagnostic category. In …

Reporting of statistical analysis is essential in any clinical and translational research study.
However, medical research studies sometimes report statistical analysis that is either …

The current “autism spectrum” DSM 5 diagnostic criteria and autism standardized diagnostic
instruments promote considerable heterogeneity or clinical indecision and may be …