Estimation of Length and Body Weight of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

In the present study the physical development of 44 children with autism spectrum disorders aged 2.5 to 15 years was assessed in Voronezh region by the percentile tables (Federal and World Health Organization). Results shows that every fourth child (25%) has a body mass index above the 50—85 corridor according to the standards of the World Health Organization, i.e. exceeds the average for children of this age and sex. The selectivity of appetite, which is reported by 72.8% of the interviewed parents of children-participants of the study, may be a possible cause.

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On the Issue of Comorbidity in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Autism and Developmental Disorders ◽

10.17759/autdd.2018160201 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 3-8 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

S.A. Morozov

Keyword(s):

Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽

World Health Organization ◽

Developmental Disorders ◽

Autism Spectrum ◽

World Health ◽

Comorbid Disorders ◽

Spectrum Disorders ◽

Health Organization ◽

Autistic Disorders

The phenomenon of comorbidity in autism spectrum disorders is considered as one of the factors underlying the expressed polymorphism of the clinic of autism. According to author’s research, among 628 children with severe multiple developmental disorders, the incidence of autistic disorders was significantly higher (40—50%) than the population’s average (1%, World Health Organization data). The variations of the interrelations of autism and comorbid disorders are highlighted, the possibilities of usage the obtained data for implementation of differentiated approach to support with autism are considered

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Passion for autism (on the controversial and indisputable aspects of V.E. Pashkovsky monograph “10 lectures on autism”)

Neurology Bulletin ◽

10.17816/nb59951 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol LIII (1) ◽

pp. 91-93

Author(s):

Vladimir D. Mendelevich

Keyword(s):

Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽

World Health Organization ◽

Diagnostic Criteria ◽

Treatment Strategies ◽

Autism Spectrum ◽

Point Of View ◽

World Health ◽

The World ◽

Spectrum Disorders ◽

Health Organization

The article analyzes the scientific foundations set out in the book by V.E. Pashkovsky 10 lectures on autism. It is noted that the author expresses his own point of view on autism and does not agree with the position of the World Health Organization and the world psychiatric community on the diagnostic criteria and treatment strategies for autism spectrum disorders. If on the issue of the peculiarities of diagnostics, the authors arguments can be recognized as admissible, since the diagnosis in modern psychiatry reflects the consensus of specialists, then some provisions of V.E. Pashkovsky on the topic of the validity of the use of antipsychotics (neuroleptics) for the treatment of patients with autism should be considered as undocumented and misleading specialists.

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Disfluency Characteristics Observed in Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Preliminary Report

Perspectives on Fluency and Fluency Disorders ◽

10.1044/ffd20.2.42 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 20 (2) ◽

pp. 42-50 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Laura W. Plexico ◽

Julie E. Cleary ◽

Ashlynn McAlpine ◽

Allison M. Plumb

Keyword(s):

Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽

Young Children ◽

Children With Autism ◽

Descriptive Study ◽

Autism Spectrum ◽

Typically Developing ◽

Children With Asd ◽

Young Children With Autism ◽

Spectrum Disorders ◽

Developmental Stuttering

This descriptive study evaluates the speech disfluencies of 8 verbal children between 3 and 5 years of age with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Speech samples were collected for each child during standardized interactions. Percentage and types of disfluencies observed during speech samples are discussed. Although they did not have a clinical diagnosis of stuttering, all of the young children with ASD in this study produced disfluencies. In addition to stuttering-like disfluencies and other typical disfluencies, the children with ASD also produced atypical disfluencies, which usually are not observed in children with typically developing speech or developmental stuttering. (Yairi & Ambrose, 2005).

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