Dental treatment of patients with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) can be complicated because of the presence of behavioural unpredictability. This article reviews the present literature on the issues dealt with children with autistic spectrum disorder from the dental perspective. The prevalence of autism is rising worldwide. Consequently, dentists will find an increasing number of such children...

Abstract Background Caring for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) demands constant parental attention to all life activities. Mothers of ASD experience higher stress levels comparing mothers developmentally intact children. That can increase burnout, and inversely affect their quality (QOL). In addition, those living in East Europe suffer from lack appropriate support. The study aims...

Between 2006 and 2010, two research-validated instruments, Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ) and Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) were filled out online by 4,188 mothers of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) children, aged 4-21, as part of voluntary parental participation in a large web-based registry. Univariate and multivariate linear regression analysis (adjusted for child's sex, ability...

The specificity of facial processing impairment in autistic children, particularly in the domain of emotion, is still debated. The aim of our study was to assess the influence of motion on facial expression recognition in young autistic children. Thirteen autistic children (M age: 69.38 months) were matched for gender and developmental level with a control group of 13 normal children (M age: 40...

Limited information is available about the occurrence of depression in children with autism and other pervasive developmental disorders (PDD). Although depression has been described in autistic children, questions about its validity have often been raised. One approach to address this issue is to investigate family histories of those autistic children diagnosed with clinical depression. Based o...

objective: attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder is a common psychiatric disorder with an early onset. investigation reveals that mothers of children with adhd higher levels of depressive and anxiety symptomatology than do mothers of comparison children. the aim of the present study was to compare anxiety and depressive symptoms in the mothers with adhd children with control group . method:...

conclusions the use of sms-based education is a constant and efficient educational approach for increasing mothers’ level of knowledge about children’s sleep health. background sleep-deprivation in children decreases the quality of life and endangers health. increasing mother’s level of awareness can help improve the children’s sleep schedule and avoid many associated problems. objectives this ...

The clinical and neurodevelopmental profile of 51 children with Autistic disorder, from a referral population was studied. A detailed history and examination was undertaken. The development/intelligence quotient and social quotient were assessed. Standard diagnostic tests were applied in children above 2 years of age. Younger children were evaluated with a screening test and re-evaluated at 2 y...