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An Australian Cross-Sectional Survey of Parents' Experiences of Emergency Department Visits among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Garrick, Alice; Lee, Marie L.; Scarffe, Carrington; Attwood, Tony; Furley, Kirsten; Bellgrove, Mark A.; Johnson, Beth P. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
Parents of children with ASD who had attended an Australian emergency department (ED; n = 421) completed a questionnaire relating to their experiences in the ED, including (1) child's reason for presentation and existing comorbidities, (2) quality of care during the visit (3) child's behaviour during visit, e.g. sensory responses to the ED…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Child and Family Characteristics Associated with Sleep Disturbance in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Waddington, Hannah; McLay, Laurie; Woods, Lisa; Whitehouse, Andrew J. O. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
Little is known about the role of family characteristics in sleep disturbance for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study involved an exploratory analysis of the association between 17 child, parent, and socioeconomic characteristics and sleep disturbance using data from 203, 2-18--year-old children with ASD whose families…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Sleep, Autism
Exploring the Dimensionality of Digit Span
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Bowden, Stephen C.; Petrauskas, Vilija M.; Bardenhagen, Fiona J.; Meade, Catherine E.; Simpson, Leonie C. – Assessment, 2013
The Digit Span subtest from the Wechsler Scales is used to measure Freedom from Distractibility or Working Memory. Some published research suggests that Digit Span forward should be interpreted differently from Digit Span backward. The present study explored the dimensionality of the Wechsler Memory Scale-III Digit Span (forward and backward)…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Cognitive Tests, Factor Analysis, Correlation
Epilepsy and Mental Retardation Limited to Females: An Under-Recognized Disorder
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Scheffer, Ingrid E.; Turner, Samantha J.; Dibbens, Leanne M.; Bayly, Marta A.; Friend, Kathryn; Hodgson, Bree; Burrows, Linda; Shaw, Marie; Wei, Chen; Ullmann, Reinhard; Ropers, Hans-Hilger; Szepetowski, Pierre; Haan, Eric; Mazarib, Aziz; Afawi, Zaid; Neufeld, Miriam Y.; Andrews, P. Ian; Wallace, Geoffrey; Kivity, Sara; Lev, Dorit; Lerman-Sagie, Tally; Derry, Christopher P.; Korczyn, Amos D.; Gecz, Jozef; Mulley, John C.; Berkovic, Samuel F. – Brain, 2008
Epilepsy and Mental Retardation limited to Females (EFMR) which links to Xq22 has been reported in only one family. We aimed to determine if there was a distinctive phenotype that would enhance recognition of this disorder. We ascertained four unrelated families (two Australian, two Israeli) where seizures in females were transmitted through…
Descriptors: Epilepsy, Mental Retardation, Females, Genetics
Community Use of Intranasal Midazolam for Managing Prolonged Seizures
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Kyrkou, Margaret; Harbord, Michael; Kyrkou, Nicole; Kay, Debra; Coulthard, Kingsley – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2006
Background: Until a few years ago, rectal diazepam (RD) was the only option available to parents and carers managing prolonged seizures. However, its use in the community was limited due to the requirement for privacy, and because education staff in South Australia are not permitted to carry out invasive procedures. Method: Following a literature…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Seizures, Drug Therapy, Patients