Autistic spectrum disorder Blog Posts

• Over one third of adults with severe learning disabilities living in private households in England have autism according to new NHS report

  10 Feb 2012

  • John Northfield

  
• People with both fragile x syndrome and autism had unique profile of vulnerability

  31 Jan 2012

  • John Northfield

  
• Nearly 1 in 5 siblings of children with autism spectrum disorders will also have the condition

  30 Jan 2012

  • John Northfield

  
• Case study of man with Asperger syndrome highlights impact of late diagnosis and lack of intervention on risk of offending

  30 Dec 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• Developmental issues should be assessed as part of psychiatric diagnosis in people with learning disabilities

  28 Dec 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• Advances in neuroimaging provide insights into anotomical features of the brain in people with autism

  05 Dec 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• Structured autism programme had impact on quality of life by reducing challenging behaviour

  31 Oct 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• Rate of comorbid disorder higher than expected in young people with autism

  17 Oct 2011

  • John Northfield

  
• New NICE guideline on the recognition, referral and diagnosis of children and young people on the autism spectrum

  28 Sep 2011

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• Focus of pharmacotherapy for people with learning disabilities and mental ill health should be on specific forms of psychopathology

  23 Sep 2011

  • John Northfield