scholarly journals Parent Perceptions of Environmental Triggers for Autism: A community-Based Pilot Study among Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Rural Settings

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Xu ◽  
Jo Anne Balanay
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Parental Awareness ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Eastern North Carolina

Environmental factors have been increasingly identi ed as the cause of the current high prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Objective: The purpose of this study is to understand parents’ perceptions regarding environmental in uence and autism. Methods: We conducted individual, face-to-face interviews with parents of children with ASD in Eastern North Carolina. Results: Our sample is comprised of 25 parents of children with autism with an average age of 39.08 and 68% were mothers. Our data indicated that 19 (76%) parents believed that environmental factors impacted the development of their children’s autism, half of whom indicated >50% of influence. Among these environmental triggers, food and water (52%), air pollution (40%), pesticides and cleaning products (20%) were the most identied contributing factors associated with the onset of autism. Conclusions: Our findings reflected some unmet needs to improve parental awareness of environmental triggers of ASD.

High prevalence of serum folate receptor autoantibodies in children with autism spectrum disorders

Biomarkers ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (7) ◽  
pp. 622-624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiaxiu Zhou ◽  
Aiping Liu ◽  
Fusheng He ◽  
Ya Jin ◽  
Shaoming Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Folate Receptor ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Serum Folate ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Spectrum Disorders

scholarly journals Awareness of Parents about the Disease of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 3-11
Author(s):  
O. Bogacheva ◽  
M.V. Ivanov ◽  
N.V. Simashkova
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Treatment Options ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Disease Treatment ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Parental Awareness ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Educational Meetings

This article is concerned with the issue of parental awareness of the illness of children with autism spectrum disorders. Lack of awareness of treatment options and its limitations, rehabilitation issues can cause psychological problems in the child’s parents, such as anxiety and stress from the diagnosis. The aim of the pilot study is to determine the parents' awareness of the disease of children with autism spectrum disorders in the early stages of consulting a doctor. To achieve this goal, a specially designed questionnaire was used to determine the level of awareness of the disease, treatment methods, parents` own role, etc. The study showed that most parents of children with autism spectrum disorders evaluate their knowledge as not satisfactory enough. A quarter of parents reported a lack of objective knowledge about the problem of autism in children, the second quarter of parents noted that they have sufficient knowledge about the illness of children and do not need additional information. At the same time, regardless of the level of awareness of the child’s illness, 80% of parents say that they need additional information about the child’s illness, ways and forms of helping him, as well as attending specially organized psycho-educational meetings. The results of this study allow develop effective individualized psycho-educational programs for parents (raising awareness of the problem) aimed at reducing anxiety and stabilizing the emotional background in a family raising a child with autism spectrum disorders.

scholarly journals Environmental Factors Influence Language Development in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

2011 ◽  
pp. 117-134
Author(s):  
Marine Grandgeorge ◽  
Martine Hausberger ◽  
Sylvie Tordjman ◽  
Michel Deleau ◽  
Alain Lazartigues ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Language Development ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorders

scholarly journals Environmental Factors Influence Language Development in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

PLoS ONE ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. e4683 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marine Grandgeorge ◽  
Martine Hausberger ◽  
Sylvie Tordjman ◽  
Michel Deleau ◽  
Alain Lazartigues ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Language Development ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorders

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

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 42-50 ◽  
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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