Autism Spectrum Disorder
Conditions
Keywords
autism, autistic, language, development, developmental, assessment
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to create a subject database to recruit for current and future studies in research on autism and other neurodevelopmental disabilities.
Detailed description
Aim 1: to recruit people interested in research on autism and other neurodevelopmental disabilities Aim 2: to complete a diagnostic assessment, to confirm the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder or other developmental disability (e.g., developmental language delay) in our patient population and rule out a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder and other comorbid conditions in our control group Aim 3: to maintain subject information in a database, from which we can recruit for our studies
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Massachusetts General Hospital
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
OTHER
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
14 Years to 32 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Typically-developing, healthy adolescents and adults (ages 14-32) * Adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorder (ages 14-32)
Exclusion criteria
* Extreme premature birth (\<34 weeks) * Known genetic disorders related to autism (e.g. Fragile X) * Recent diagnosis of psychosis (within 6 months) * Some other psychiatric diagnoses may be excluded following screening (e.g. Tourette's syndrome). * Metal implants / permanent retainers / hair dyes with metallic components
Countries
United States
Contacts
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORTal Kenet, Ph.D
Massachusetts General Hospital
Outcome results
None listed