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Treating Selective Mutism in Children with ASD

By Dr. Ainsley Boudreau, PhD

This ACT - Autism Community Training video presents information about the treatment of selective mutism in children, using evidence-based behavioral intervention modified for ASD. ...

Classifications: Related Conditions,  Mental Health

Addressing Mental Health in Autism

Should We Treat the Person with ASD, the Family, or the Community?

By Dr. Jonathan Weiss

This ACT - Autism Community Training video describes the individual and contextual factors that increase the likelihood of mental health problems for individuals with autism, offer...

Classifications: Mental Health,  Related Conditions

What shall we call "it"? Autism? Asperger's? Or what?

By Dr. Christopher Gillberg

This blog posting features an interview with Professor Christopher Gillberg, examining the issue of the terminology to use in describing autism or Asperger's Syndrome. Profess...

Classifications: Diagnosis & Assessment,  Related Conditions

Clinical Practice Pathways for Evaluation and Medication Choice for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms in Autism Spectrum Disorders

By Mahajan, Rajneesh; Bernal, Maria Pilar; Panzer, Rebecca; Whitaker, Agnes; Roberts, Wendy with Handen, Benjamin; Hardan, Antonio; Anagnostou, Evdokia; Veenstra-VanderWeele, Jeremy

This online article is a clinical guideline which discusses treatment of co-occurring ADHD and autism. It offers recommendations related to assessment and related to the use of me...

Classifications: Related Conditions,  Therapies

DNA Deletion Sparks Separate Outcomes of Autism, Schizophrenia

By Yuhas, Daisy

This online article describes how a single genetic condition, 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, has been linked to both schizophrenia and autism. The article suggests that, in at least s...

Classifications: Related Conditions,  Mental Health

Autism and Health: A Special Report by Autism Speaks

Advances in Understanding and Treating the Health Conditions that Frequently Accompany Autism

By Autism Speaks

This online report provides information about health and mental health conditions which can co-occur alongside autism. It discusses the co-occurrence of autism with epilepsy, gast...

Classifications: Related Conditions,  Health

Autism Spectrum Disorder and Fragile X Syndrome

By National Fragile X Foundation

This online article discusses the relationship between autism and Fragile X Syndrome, a genetic disorder. Some individuals with Fragile X Syndrome have behavioral symptoms of auti...

Classifications: Related Conditions

A Family Guide to Dual Diagnosis

By Lunsky, Yona; Weiss, Jonathan; O'Grady, Caroline; Skinner, Wayne

This ebook, available in PDF format, is a guide for families of people with developmental disabilities and co-occurring mental health challenges. It describes dual diagnosis, addr...

Classifications: Mental Health,  Related Conditions

Having an Electroencephalogram (EEG)

A Guide for Providers

By Washington, Lindsay; Katz, Terry; Sidhu, Reet; Neumeyer, Ann M. with Benke, Tim; LaVesser, Patti; Springsteen, Markelle

This online guide for providers discusses how children with autism can be best supported in electroencephalography (EEG) procedures. The guide describes autism, discusses supports ...

Classifications: Health,  Related Conditions

Diagnostic Criteria for Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder

By American Psychiatric Association

This webpage is an excerpt from the fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. It provides the diagnostic crite...

Classifications: Related Conditions,  Diagnosis & Assessment