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Studies have found abnormalities in the physiology of melatonin and circadian rhythm in people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). [107] Some evidence suggests that melatonin supplements improve sleep patterns in children with autism but robust, high-quality studies are overall lacking. [108] [109]
A 2016 review concludes that enteric nervous system abnormalities might play a role in neurological disorders such as autism. Neural connections and the immune system are a pathway that may allow diseases originated in the intestine to spread to the brain. [286] Sleep problems affect about two-thirds of autistic people at some point in childhood.
Sleep problems, aggression, stereotypical, and self-injurious behavior are also common symptoms. [38] LFA is not a recognized diagnosis in either the DSM or the ICD . The term overlaps with severe autism and profound autism , as opposed to mild or moderate , which do not necessarily correlate with severe and profound levels of intellectual ...
One study found significant improvements in ADHD-like symptoms, aggression, social problems and thought problems in autistic children who underwent adenotonsillectomy for sleep apnea. [66] Sleep problems in autism have been linked in a study to brain changes, particularly in the hippocampus, though this study does not prove causation. [67]
Many children on the autism spectrum with different savant perceptions such as hypercalculia, hyperlexia, and semantic hypermnesia tended to internalize their problems. These children were more likely to experience anxiety, low self-esteem, perfectionism and struggles in their social life. These social issues stem from withdrawal in social ...
Some children with communication disorders have difficulty understanding simple directions or cannot name objects. [4] Most children with communication disorders can speak by the time they enter school, however, they continue to have problems with communication. [4] School-aged children often have problems understanding and formulating words. [4]
The most common sleep-related symptom of bipolar disorder is insomnia, in addition to hypersomnia, nightmares, poor sleep quality, OSA, extreme daytime sleepiness, etc. [27] Moreover, animal models have shown that sleep debt can induce episodes of bipolar mania in laboratory mice, but these models are still limited in their potential to explain ...
These results suggest that working memory is related with an individual's ability to solve problems, and that autism is a hindrance in this area. [33] Autistic people appear to have a local bias for visual information processing, that is, a preference for processing local features (details, parts) rather than global features (the whole). [34]