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ArticleNeuropsychiatric disease and treatment2019

Is Autism Inborn And Lifelong For Everyone?

Paul Whiteley, Kevin Carr, Paul Shattock

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Article in Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. The Neuroimmunology of Autism.Molecular neurobiology · 2025
    Review
  4. Autistic Adults Anticipate Simple and Complex Narrative Events.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025
    Article
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  7. Review
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  10. Adults with Autism: Changes in Understanding Since DSM-111.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Paul WhiteleyESPA Research, Sunderland, UK.
Kevin CarrESPA Research, Sunderland, UK.
Paul ShattockESPA Research, Sunderland, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autism or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is described as a lifelong condition with core behavioural symptoms appearing during infancy or early childhood. Genetic and other effects occurring during the earliest times of life are thought to play a significant contributory role to the presentation of autism, denoting that autism is typically seen as an innate or inborn condition. Such descriptions have, and continue to, define autism research and clinical practice. Inspection of the existing research literature, however, suggests that within the vast heterogeneity of autism, not everyone experiences autism in such a prescribed way. Various reports have observed the presentation of "acquired autism" following a period of typical development. Other findings have documented an abatement of clinically relevant autistic features and related comorbid pathology for some. Such reports offer important insights into the heterogeneity and complexity of autism.

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acquiredautismheterogeneityinnatelifelongregression

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PMID31632036
PMCPMC6789180

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