Autism Spectrum Disorders News

People with autism are at an increased risk for cardiometabolic diseases, and the risks are even higher among children with autism, according to findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Pediatrics.

The estimated prevalence of autism among 8-year-olds in a New Jersey study more than tripled during a 6-year period, including a fivefold increase in children with autism who do not have a co-occurring intellectual disability.

The prevalence of all antipsychotic prescriptions prescribed to those aged 3 to 18 years increased by an average of 3.3% annually from 2000 to 2019, researchers reported in The Lancet Psychiatry.

The 35th annual Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium will be held Nov. 19 and 20 in New York.

Autistic women and girls were more likely to be diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder, as well as be hospitalized for a psychiatric incident, compared with autistic men and boys, researchers reported in JAMA Psychiatry.

The association between maternal infection during pregnancy and children’s diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability was not causal, according to a Swedish register-based cohort study.

Researchers estimated that the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, among children and adolescents in the United States was 3.14% in 2019 and 2020 overall, up from 2.24% in 2014.

Specific phenotypes of autism spectrum disorder, including issues with visual processing, found in older siblings are likely predictors of ASD in younger siblings, according to a study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry.

DENVER — A study found that COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy waned over time for caregivers of children with autism, according to researchers at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.

SEATTLE — Sarah J. Spence, MD, PhD, shared tips on differentiating pediatric neurological conditions with overlapping symptoms, at the 2022 American Academy of Neurology annual meeting.