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Age and Adaptive Functioning in Children and Adolescents with ASD: The Effects of Intellectual Functioning and ASD Symptom Severity
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Hill, Trenesha L.; Gray, Sarah A. O.; Kamps, Jodi L.; Enrique Varela, R. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
The present study examined the moderating effects of intellectual functioning and ASD symptom severity on the relation between age and adaptive functioning in 220 youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Regression analysis indicated that intellectual functioning and ASD symptom severity moderated the relation between age and adaptive…
Descriptors: Severity (of Disability), Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Intellectual Development, Autism
Fenfluramine Treatment of Twenty Children with Autism.
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Ekman, Gunnar; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1989
Neurochemical and psychological effects of fenfluramine were examined on 20 autistic children (aged 1-10) over a 48-week period. A decrease in abnormal motor behavior was found, but no improvement in intellectual functioning. Serotonin decreased 53 percent after fenfluramine treatment and rebounded to levels 35 percent higher than baseline…
Descriptors: Autism, Biochemistry, Chemical Reactions, Children
The Effects of Fenfluramine (Hydrochloride) on the Behaviors of Fifteen Autistic Children.
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Sherman, Jeffrey; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1989
Effects of fenfluramine on autistic children, aged 7-16, were examined in double-blind testing with placebos. Serotonin levels, intelligence and behavior tests, videotaped free play data, and other tests were used for assessment. Serotonin decreased with administration of fenfluramine, and increased with reinstatement of placebo. No tests…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Development, Biochemistry, Chemical Reactions
Adaptive and Intellectual Functioning in Autistic and Nonautistic Retarded Children.
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Carpentieri, Sarah; Morgan, Sam B. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1996
This study examined the relationship between adaptive functioning and intellectual functioning in 18 children with autism and mental retardation and 20 children with mental retardation. The children with autism showed significantly more impairment in adaptive behavior composite scores, verbal reasoning abilities, socialization skills, and…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Autism, Children