A5091632733- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility
- Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Disability Rights and Representation
- Genetic and rare skin diseases.
- Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Disability Education and Employment
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Congenital Heart Disease Studies
- Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
Virginia Tech
2019-2025
Center for Autism and Related Disorders
2021-2024
Yale University
2018-2019
Objective Early identification of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is an essential healthcare priority. Girls may be at risk for late diagnosis, although research equivocal regarding how sex and other factors relate to ASD identification. The goals the current investigation were (1) identify child sex, cognitive abilities, demographic age first concern (AOC) diagnosis (AOD), (2) evaluate trends in AOC/AOD over time, (3) consider whether main effects on are moderated by abilities or time.Method...
Autistic youth experience disproportionately high rates of child maltreatment and a wide range other traumatic stressful events, such as peer victimization. Very little empirical work has evaluated trauma-focused supports for youth, despite posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) trauma-related symptoms. The current study is pilot proof-of-concept evaluation telehealth-based cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) (N = 17, ages 10-17) their caregivers. Youth PTSD symptoms significantly declined...
Background: Strikingly little research has considered how autistic adults experience pregnancy and parenthood, two key transition periods in adult development with potentially far-reaching implications for physical psychosocial health outcomes across the lifespan. This article reviews on parenthood among adults, to summarize existing identify future directions advance this critical area of study. Methods: We conducted a systematic review literature adults. Researchers extracted selected...
Abstract Research on personality and psychopathology associations has informed the classification of many symptom dimensions within Hierarchical Taxonomy Psychopathology (HiTOP). However, defining autism attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) HiTOP framework remains unclear in ways. To address this issue, we examined joint factor structure (a) measures assessing characteristics relevant to ADHD (b) normal range traits a sample 547 adults recruited from Amazon Mechanical Turk, whom...
Autism diagnosis is fraught with inequities, including misdiagnosis and delayed identification that disproportionately affect minoritized youth. Aspects of clinician decision-making, particularly diagnostic certainty, may contribute to these inequities. Little known about how closely certainty corresponds autistic traits, nor whether relates socio-demographic factors.Autistic youth from the Simons Simplex Collection (N = 2,853) completed assessments after which clinicians rated certain they...
Background: Political participation is an important and meaningful aspect of civic engagement for adults. Existing research suggests that disabled people face barriers to political engagement. However, very little known regarding how Autistic adults engage in politics the United States. Methods: Participants included 276 self-consenting (including those with a diagnosis self-identified) 361 non-autistic completed online survey attitudes, voting, methods, affective experiences between...
BACKGROUND:Kabuki syndrome (KS) is a rare disease with an estimated prevalence of approximately 1: 32 000. While the clinical presentation KS heterogeneous, manifestations may include: characteristic facial features, postnatal growth retardation, and skeletal abnormalities. With regards to cognitive profile, most individuals have Intellectual Disability, but magnitude impairment ranges from mild severe, verbal abilities are generally stronger than nonverbal (i.e., visual spatial perception...