Management of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Important issues, such as management of associated medical problems, pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic intervention for challenging behaviors or coexisting mental health conditions, and use of complementary and alternative medical treatments, are also addressed.Abstract:
Pediatricians have an important role not only in early recognition and evaluation of autism spectrum disorders but also in chronic management of these disorders. The primary goals of treatment are to maximize the child's ultimate functional independence and quality of life by minimizing the core autism spectrum disorder features, facilitating development and learning, promoting socialization, reducing maladaptive behaviors, and educating and supporting families. To assist pediatricians in educating families and guiding them toward empirically supported interventions for their children, this report reviews the educational strategies and associated therapies that are the primary treatments for children with autism spectrum disorders. Optimization of health care is likely to have a positive effect on habilitative progress, functional outcome, and quality of life; therefore, important issues, such as management of associated medical problems, pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic intervention for challenging behaviors or coexisting mental health conditions, and use of complementary and alternative medical treatments, are also addressed.read more
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Correlates of obesity in adolescents with and without autism spectrum disorder: The 2017-2018 National Survey of Children's Health.
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Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective
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An Application of the Autism Management Platform to Tracking Student Progress in the Special Education Environment
TL;DR: The Autism Management Platform was initially built for parents of children with Autism to be able to post and view various events and activities throughout their child’s life, and was further enriched by new features, such as the addition of appointments and visual schedules, proving that it could serve beyond the platform it was intended to be.
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TL;DR: In this article, a sibling's perspective on the diagnosis of Rett's syndrome is presented. But the authors focus on the development and social development of individuals with autism and do not address the social aspects of the disorder.
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Identification and Evaluation of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders
TL;DR: This report addresses background information, including definition, history, epidemiology, diagnostic criteria, early signs, neuropathologic aspects, and etiologic possibilities in autism spectrum disorders, and provides an algorithm to help the pediatrician develop a strategy for early identification of children with autism Spectrum disorders.
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Adult outcome for children with autism
TL;DR: Although outcome for adults with autism has improved over recent years, many remain highly dependent on others for support and more fine-grained research is needed into the childhood variables that are associated with good or poor outcome.