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Breaking the Cycle of Oxidative Stress for Better Behavioral Health in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Scoping Review

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Publication date: Available online 26 June 2025 Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry Author(s): Rinvil Renaldi, Antonio M Persico, Tjhin Wiguna, Jayalangkara Tanra

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Assessing Nonverbal and Minimally Verbal Children

Child Mind Intitute

Some children might have autism spectrum disorder, intellectual developmental disorder, language disorder, speech-sound disorder, or apraxia of speech — so it’s important to get a child evaluated by a clinician to get the proper diagnosis. Is this part of the range of typical development or a sign of something serious?

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Neurodiversity and Autism Spectrum Disorder

National Register of Health Service Psychologists

Eckerd discusses neurodiversity and a different perspective on autism spectrum disorder. She dives into some of the significant differences in how persons on the autism spectrum think and how they can still interact effectively with neurotypical people despite those differences.

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Is Your Child Showing Signs of Pathological Demand Avoidance?

ADDitude

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders , 119, 102515. Extreme demand avoidance in children with autism spectrum disorder: refinement of a caregiver-report measure. What are the experiences and support needs of families of autistic children with extreme (or ‘pathological’) demand avoidance (E/PDA) behaviours?

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As a Psychologist, I’ve Seen Many Children Misdiagnosed as Autistic—It’s a Clinical Catastrophe

Mad in America

T he one-size-fits-all autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis, as configured in the Revised Fifth Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM- 5-TR), is a clinical catastrophe. Editor’s Note: This blog is also being published on our affiliate site, Mad in the UK. Are they attributable to visual strain?

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Discussing the ‘Obsession’ With Childhood Disorder Labelling

Mad in America

The instability of labels Recently, a well-designed cohort study reported that nearly 40% of 213 toddlers classified with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) no longer met the criteria for ASD at the age of 5-7 years. Recovery’ from ‘autism’ was not associated with the intensity of the treatment received.

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How Is handedness linked to neurological disorders?

Psychiatry News -- Science Daily

mixed-handedness are strikingly common in patients with certain neurological disorders such as autism spectrum disorders is a frequently reported observation in medical practice. The fact that left-handedness resp.