Purpose: This qualitative study explored the perspectives of parents of young children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) in terms of (a) lon...

Purpose: This qualitative study explored the perspectives of parents of young children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) in terms of (a) lon...

Objective: Clinical voice quality assessments typically use external microphones meeting technical standards for instrumental assessment of voice...

Purpose: Rating the quality of conversations can assess communication skills in both people with acquired brain injury and their communication pa...

We want the Government to create and fund a National Strategy for CAS, which should include: - Increase education of CAS. - Set up and fund a working group of experts and families to advise Government...

Purpose: Adolescents with developmental language disorder (DLD) are an underserved population. Having DLD affects adolescents' academic and event...

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Treatment strategies informed by motor learning principles—commonly applied in CAS intervention can be adapted to support these children.

While some diagnostic groups are characterized in terms of motor features, others are at risk of overlooked motor challenges due to emphasis on social-cognitive features. These conditions often co-occur, making it difficult to determine the specific contribution of each to the overall pattern of observed motor challenges across neurodivergence. The COMBINE dataset included 262 cases (216 Male, 46 Female) with one or more neurodevelopmental conditions. We used generalized linear models to assess the effect of each of 4 diagnoses (autism, ADHD, DCD, CAS) on Movement Assessment Battery for Children (2nd edition, MABC-2) total score, Manual Dexterity domain score, Aiming & Catching domain score, and Balance domain score; age; sex, and diagnoses. Movement scores were low in all groups, with 77% of cases in the Red Zone (DCD likely). Diagnosis of DCD predicted lower overall scores and Manual Dexterity scores, diagnosis of ADHD predicted higher overall scores and Balance scores, and diagnosis of autism predicted lower Aiming & Catching scores. These results suggest motor challenges are clinically-significant across several neurodevelopmental conditions, and that some conditions have independent effects on domain-specific motor skills. This study is the first step toward determining whether each neurodevelopmental condition has a unique motor “signature”, or if motor differences are ubiquitous across this population.

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Purpose: Precision medicine is an emerging approach to medical diagnostics, prognostics, and intervention that takes an individual's genetic, env...

Claims of a link between paracetamol use in pregnancy and autism have been repeatedly disproven – despite what the US administration suggests I have treated more than 200,000 patients in almost 40 years of practising medicine. Autism is a complex disorder which can present in many different ways and in a spectrum of severity. Causation is a very important consideration and, as a paediatrician, I know that parents often ask why their child has autism. Particularly in the severe end of the autism spectrum, genetic disorders can present with autistic features; for example Angelman syndrome, Smith-Magenis syndrome, Williams syndrome and many others. However, for the majority of the children who are diagnosed with autism, no cause is found. We also know that the number of children diagnosed with autism in the developed world is increasing. There are many reasons for this, not least that we are better at diagnosing it. However, in my work I often heard the question “why is my child autistic?” Continue reading...