Marko Kielinen

TL;DR: The present study identifies the prevalence and types of comorbid psychiatric disorders associated with Asperger syndrome (AS)/high-functioning autism (HFA) in a combined community- and clinic-based sample of fifty 9- to 16-year-old subjects using the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children, Present and Lifetime Version.

TL;DR: The prevalence of ASDs and autism according to DSM-IV-TR, clarified confusion concerning diagnostic criteria, and modifications to five details of DSM-5 draft criteria posted by the APA in February 2010 are suggested.

TL;DR: A population-based survey was conducted among 152,732 Finnish children and adolescents aged under 16 years and living in northern Finland, finding associated medical disorders seem to have a special impact on the genesis of autistic disorder.

TL;DR: In this study, almost 50% of the autistic cases had a tested IQ above 70, and the degree of autism, as assessed by the Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS), varied from mild autistic features in 8.5% through moderate in 58.0%.

TL;DR: The results of this study indicate that auditory sensory processing is deficient in children with AS, and that these deficits might be implicated in the perceptual problems encountered by children with As.