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Behavioral Development and Sociodemographics of Infants and Young Children at Higher and Lower Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Source :
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. May, 2015, Vol. 45 Issue 5, p1167, 9 p.
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Identification of early signs of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) could lead to earlier diagnosis and intervention. This cross-sectional study used the Parent Observation of Early Markers Scale (POEMS, Feldman et al. in J Autism Dev Disord 42:13-12, 2012 (See CR12)) to identify early signs of ASD in 69 ASD high-risk (older sibling diagnosed with ASD) and 69 sex and aged-matched ASD low-risk second-born or later infants (no family history of ASD) between 6 and 36 months of age. Family sociodemographic comparisons were also made between the risk groups. The high-risk children had significantly more elevated POEMS items than the low-risk children at 12, 18, 24, 30 and 36 months of age, even when the children subsequently diagnosed with ASD were removed from the analyses. Families of the high-risk group had older parents, lower family income and fewer mothers working out of the home than the low-risk group. These sociodemographic variables were not significantly correlated with POEMS scores. The results suggest that high-risk infants may show signs of the broader ASD phenotype as early as 12 months of age that may be unrelated to observed sociodemographic family differences.<br />Author(s): Maurice A. Feldman[sup.1] , Amanda M. Hendry[sup.1] , Rebecca A. Ward[sup.1] , Melissa Hudson[sup.2] , Xudong Liu[sup.2] Author Affiliations: (1) Centre for Applied Disability Studies, Brock University, 500 Glenridge [...]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01623257
- Volume :
- 45
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.434067032
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-014-2277-5