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Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre

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Recent Publications Related to Autism (last 5 years)

• Richdale, A., & Schreck, K. (2009). Sleep problems in autism spectrum disorders: Prevalence, nature & possible biopsychosocial aetiologies. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 13, 403-411.
• Chu, J. & Richdale, A. L. (2009). Sleep quality and psychological well-being in mothers of children with a developmental disability. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 30, 1512-1522.
• Loesch, D., Godler, D., Khaniani, M., Gould, E., Freya, G., Dissanayake, C., Burgess, T., Tassone, F., Huggins, R., Slater, H., & Choo, A. (2009, in press). Linking the FMR1 alleles with small CGG expansions with neurodevelopmental disorders: Preliminary data suggest an involvement of epigenetic mechanisms. American Journal of Medical Genetics (accepted May 2009).
• Barbaro, J., & Dissanayake, C. (2009, in press). Autism Spectrum Disorders in infancy and toddlerhood: A review of the evidence on early signs, early identification, and early diagnosis. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Paediatrics (accepted July 2009)
• Clifford, S.M., & Dissanayake, C. (2009, in press). Dyadic and triadic behaviours in infancy as precursors to social understanding and social responsiveness in young children with Autistic Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (accepted February 2009)
• Dissanayake, C., Bui, Q., Bulhak-Paterson, D., Huggins, R., & Loesch, D. (2009) Behavioural and cognitive phenotypes in idiopathic autism versus autism associated with fragile X syndrome. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 50, 290-299.
• Clifford, S.M., & Dissanayake, C. (2008). The early development of joint attention in infants with Autistic Disorder using home video observations and parental interview. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 38, 791-805.
• Zandt, F., Prior, M., & Kyrios, M. (2008) Similarities and differences between children   and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders and those with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Executive functioning and repetitive behaviour. Autism. 12, 619-633.
• Barbaro, J. & Dissanayake, C. (2007). A comparative study of the use and understanding of self-presentational display rules in children with high functioning autism and Asperger's Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37, 1235-1246.
• Loesch, D.Z., Bui, Q.M., Dissanayake, C., Clifford, S., Gould, E., Bulhak-Paterson, D., Tassone, F., Taylor, A.K., Hessl, D., Hagerman, R., Hagerman, P., & Huggins, R.M. (2007). Molecular and cognitive predictors of the continuum of autistic behaviours in fragile X. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 31, 315-326.
• Clifford, S., Dissanayake, C., Bui, Q.M., Huggins, R., Taylor, A.K., & Loesch, D.Z. (2007). Autism spectrum phenotype in males and females with Fragile X full mutation and premutation. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37, 738-747.
• Prior, M. & Ozonoff S. (2007).  Psychological factors in autism.  In F. Volkmar (Ed).  Childhood Autism (Second Edition). Cambridge University Press. pp 64-108.
• Zandt, F, Prior, M. & Kyrios, M, (2007) Repetitive behaviours in children and adolescents with high functioning autism and obsessive compulsive disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, (currently published online). (in press)
• Nielsen, M., Suddendorf, T., & Dissanayake, C. (2006). Imitation and self-recognition in autism: In search of an explanation. In S. J. Rogers & J. Williams (Eds.), Imitation and the social mind: Autism and typical development. New York NY: Guilford Publications.
• Macintosh. K., & Dissanayake, C. (2006). Social skills and problem behaviours in school aged children with high-functioning autism and Asperger's disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 36, 1065-1076.
• Macintosh. K., & Dissanayake, C. (2006). A comparative study of the spontaneous social interactions and social skills of children with high-functioning autism and children with Asperger's disorder. Autism, 10, 199-220.
• Dissanayake, C., Bui, Q.M., Huggins, R., & Loesch, D.Z. (2006). Growth in stature and head circumference in high-functioning autism and Asperger's disorder during the first three years of life. Development and Psychopathology. 18(2), 381-393.
• Gernsbacher, M. A., Dissanayake, C., Goldsmith, H.H., Mundy, P., Rogers, S., & Sigman, M. (2005). Autism and deficits in attachment behaviour. Science, 307, 1201-1203.
• Macintosh. K., & Dissanayake, C. (2004). Annotation: The similarities and differences between Autistic Disorder and Asperger's disorder: A review of the empirical evidence. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 45, 421-434.
• Dissanayake, C. (2004). Change in behavioural symptoms in children with high-functioning autism and Asperger's disorder: Evidence for one disorder? Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 29, 48-57.
• Barrett, S, Prior M., and Manjiviona J. (2004) Children on the Borderlands of Autism: differential Characteristics in social, imaginative, communicative, and repetitive behaviour domains. Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice 8, (1) 61-87.