A curated selection of recent academic publications exploring neurodiversity, nursing, and healthcare.
- Socioeconomic Status and Quantity of Shared Book Reading, But Not Screen Time, are Positively Associated With Language Skills in a Nationally Representative Sample of Autistic Children
Studies have shown that both distal and proximal environmental factors influence language development in neurotypical children. More specifically, higher socioeconomic status (SES) and more frequent shared book reading have been...
- Night‐to‐Night Changes in REM Sleep Are Associated With Symptom Severity in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Two‐Night Home Polysomnography Study
Sleep disturbances are highly prevalent in autism spectrum disorder (ASD), yet conventional single-night polysomnography (PSG) provides limited insight into dynamic sleep regulatory processes. Using the Synaptic Homeostasis Hypothesis as a...
- Interaction of the Gut Microbiota and the Enteric Nervous System: Implications in Gastrointestinal Disorders Associated With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impairments in social interaction, restricted interests, and repetitive behaviors. In addition to these core behavioral symptoms, gastrointestinal (GI) disorders are...
- Transcriptomic Profiling of the Amygdala of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
A growing number of studies point to a key role of the amygdala in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The amygdala is involved in several processes in ASD including emotional valence,...
- Through Parents' Eyes: Perspectives on Child Development and Family Experience During ESDM Intervention
Early intensive intervention for autistic children aims to support developmental progress in social and communication domains. Although outcomes are typically assessed using standardized measures of child development, parental perspectives during...
- Language Adaptation of Young Bilingual Autistic Children During Semi‐Naturalistic Interactions With Their Caregivers
Although bilingualism is now recognized as having no adverse effects on language outcomes in autistic children, little is known about how it manifests in early development, particularly in minimally speaking...
- Development and Validation of a Japanese Version of the Sensory Experience Questionnaire (SEQ) 3.0: Structural Differences of Sensory Features Across Autistic Children
People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often have unique sensory experiences. For both research and clinical purposes, tools that measure sensory features in autism are valuable; however, a gold-standard tool...
- Autistic and non-autistic midwives' experiences of caring for autistic women and birthing-people
CONCLUSIONS: This study extends Double Empathy Theory into maternity care contexts and proposes a relational neurotype attunement model of autistic maternity care. The findings suggest that experiential neurotype knowledge represents a valuable form of professional expertise that may inform maternity practice, service design, policy development, and autism-specific training. Autistic professionals may therefore be uniquely positioned to contribute to the co-production of neurodiversity-affirming...
- Neural Endophenotypes of Semantic Processing and Social Functioning in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is highly heritable; however, the neural architecture underlying semantic processing and social functioning, and the extent to which it reflects familial liability, remains insufficiently understood. Unaffected...
- The impact of intensive trauma-focused treatment on adults with PTSD and ASD traits: a pre-post intervention study
Background: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) often co-occurs with elevated autism spectrum disorder (ASD) traits, potentially affecting treatment response. Empirical data on the impact of ASD traits on the effectiveness of trauma-focused therapy remain scarce.Objective: To investigate the treatment response following intensive trauma-focused therapy in patients with PTSD, comparing outcomes between individuals with high versus low comorbid ASD traits.Methods: 175 patients with PTSD...
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