ReviewJournal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines2012
Annual research review: re-thinking the classification of autism spectrum disorders.
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- Effects of exercise on anxiety and psychiatric comorbidities in children with autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Correlation Between Gaze Behaviors and Social Communication Skills of Young Autistic Children: A Meta-Analysis of Eye-Tracking Studies.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Music therapy for people with autism spectrum disorder.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014Pooled it
- Recognition of emotions in autism: a formal meta-analysis.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2013Pooled it
- Associations Between Autism and Self-Reported Dimensions of Interoception.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026Article
- Machine learning-based prediction of intellectual disability in children with autism spectrum disorder: using behavioral observation techniques.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Case Report: A novelFrontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Altered interactive dynamics of gaze behavior during face-to-face interaction in autistic individuals: a dual eye-tracking study.Molecular autism · 2025Article
- Oxytocin modulation of resting-state functional connectivity network topology in individuals with higher autistic traits.Psychoradiology · 2025Article
- A Normative Model Representing Autistic Individuals Amidst Autism Spectrum Phenotypic Heterogeneity.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Dimensional Neuroimaging Endophenotypes: Neurobiological Representations of Disease Heterogeneity Through Machine Learning.Biological psychiatry · 2024Review
- The Construct Validity of the Childhood Joint Attention Rating Scale (C-JARS) in School-Aged Autistic Children.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Article
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- Idiographic Coping Outcomes in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Co-Occurring Anxiety: Results from the TAASD Study.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2023Article
- The Selective Social Attention task in children with autism spectrum disorder: Results from the Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials (ABC-CT) feasibility study.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2023Article
- Sex- and age-related differences in autistic behaviours in children with neurofibromatosis type 1.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2023Article
- Autism severity and its relationship to disability.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2023Article
- "Realizing the problem wasn't necessarily me": the meaning of childhood adversity and resilience in the lives of autistic adults.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2022Article
- Accounting for motion in resting-state fMRI: What part of the spectrum are we characterizing in autism spectrum disorder?NeuroImage · 2022Article
- Two neuroanatomical subtypes of males with autism spectrum disorder revealed using semi-supervised machine learning.Molecular autism · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe nosology of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is at a critical point in history as the field seeks to better define dimensions of social-communication deficits and restricted/repetitive behaviors on an individual level for both clinical and neurobiological purposes. These different dimensions also suggest an increasing need for quantitative measures that accurately map their differences, independent of developmental factors such as age, language level and IQ.
methodPsychometric measures, clinical observation as well as genetic, neurobiological and physiological research from toddlers, children and adults with ASD are reviewed.
resultsThe question of how to conceptualize ASDs along dimensions versus categories is discussed within the nosology of autism and the proposed changes to the DSM-5 and ICD-11. Differences across development are incorporated into the new classification frameworks.
conclusionsIt is crucial to balance the needs of clinical practice in ASD diagnostic systems, with neurobiologically based theories that address the associations between social-communication and restricted/repetitive dimensions in individuals. Clarifying terminology, improving description of the core features of ASD and other dimensions that interact with them and providing more valid and reliable ways to quantify them, both for research and clinical purposes, will move forward both practice and science.
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