SchaferAutismReport: Researchers from Staten Island's IBR Find Predictors of Autism That Can Lead To Infant Diagnosis

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Researchers from Staten Island's IBR Find Predictors of Autism That Can Lead

To Infant Diagnosis

By Slepian xrl.in/60vu

BR Director Dr. W. Ted Brown said the findings could lead to

earlier diagnosis and intervention. file photoI

Certain behaviors seen in infants as

young as 1-month-old may be predictors of autism spectrum disorders,

according to new research by scientists at the Institute for Basic Research

and Developmental Disabilities, Willowbrook.

IBR director Dr. W. Ted Brown said the

findings -- published Monday in the online journal Pediatrics and set to

appear in next month’s print issue -- could lead to earlier diagnosis and

intervention. (See abstract below – Editor.)

“Some of these clues will help us

understand the causes of ASD and help identify children who may need earlier

intervention,†he said. “The earlier the intervention, the better, is what we

always say. "

The study tracked 2,196 neonatal intensive

care unit graduates from Richmond University Medical Center, West Brighton,

over an 11-year period. Twenty-eight of those children who were later

diagnosed with ASD were matched with 112 NICU graduates who didn’t develop

ASD.

At 1 month, children with the ASD diagnosis

were more likely to have asymmetrical visual tracking and arm tone deficits.

By 4 months, they were more attracted to higher levels of visual

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RESEARCH

Researchers from Staten Island's IBR Find Predictors of Autism That Can

Lead To Infant Diagnosis

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