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28 May 2015, 1:07 am

When children with autism grow old

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To that end, Carper and Müller recently were awarded a five-year, $3.5-million NIH grant to recruit older adults with autism and perform a series of cognitive and neuroimaging studies. In collaboration with scientists and health workers at the University of California, San Diego, and Alliant International University in San Diego, they are seeking to recruit 70 adults between the ages of 45 and 65 with autism spectrum disorder and an additional 70 control participants.
Using a variety of functional and anatomic brain imaging techniques, the researchers will explore the brain connections of adults with autism to see how they might differ from younger people with the disorder and from adult peers without ASD. They will also give participants assessments of cognitive, social, and language abilities, and measure their executive functioning, motor functioning and memory. Participants' families and caregivers will respond to questionnaires about their daily living skills.


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28 May 2015, 2:38 am

sounds great, good to know that not only children are being researched.



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28 May 2015, 10:09 am

Yes indeed... FINALLY!!



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28 May 2015, 10:15 am

Long overdue. I hope it produces some helpful insights.



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28 May 2015, 12:54 pm

Eggsellent!


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03 Jun 2015, 2:28 pm

If you'd like to NOT be scanned or donate your brain, PM me and I can add your username to my list. I'm studying Autism Disclosure in the Workplace and you can be anonymous.



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03 Jun 2015, 4:58 pm

I don't suppose they'd like to study somebody in Maryland? I live not far from NIH headquarters in Bethesda and would LOVE to participate. And I'm a 49 year old female.


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03 Jun 2015, 10:03 pm

Me, too, GodzillaWoman. I'll be moving back to Bethesda in two months. If I get in touch with the study and they include the DC area I'll ping you. If you hear of anything on it, please ping me. :)


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07 Jun 2015, 8:47 am

Hi,
anyone a link to this study? Have they already been publishing?
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07 Jun 2015, 7:54 pm

I'm from NYC and I'm 54. Am I eligible?



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08 Jun 2015, 12:24 pm

Sperry wrote:
Hi,
anyone a link to this study? Have they already been publishing?
Sperry

Seems like they just got funded and the study will run for 5 years, so too early to publish results.