Jason Scott Brinkley

author keywords: autism; phenotype; African American; racial-ethnic; genetics

MeSH headings : Adolescent; Adult; Black or African American / genetics; Autistic Disorder / genetics; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; Language Development Disorders / genetics; Male; Middle Aged; Multicenter Studies as Topic; Phenotype; Quantitative Trait, Heritable

TL;DR: The African American group showed greater delays in language but did not differ from the Caucasian group on core autism symptoms and developmental language symptoms, suggesting a more severe phenotype. (via Semantic Scholar)

author keywords: autism; aberrant behavior checklist; irritability; self-injury

MeSH headings : Adolescent; Adult; Autistic Disorder / diagnosis; Autistic Disorder / genetics; Autistic Disorder / psychology; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; Hyperkinesis / diagnosis; Hyperkinesis / genetics; Hyperkinesis / psychology; Intelligence; Interpersonal Relations; Irritable Mood; Language Development Disorders / diagnosis; Language Development Disorders / genetics; Language Development Disorders / psychology; Lethargy; Male; Personality Assessment / statistics & numerical data; Psychometrics; Reproducibility of Results; Social Adjustment; Social Behavior Disorders / diagnosis; Social Behavior Disorders / genetics; Social Behavior Disorders / psychology; Speech Disorders / diagnosis; Speech Disorders / genetics; Speech Disorders / psychology; Stereotyped Behavior

TL;DR: The results suggest that the factor structure of the ABC is robust within an ASD sample and the emergence of a self-injury factor warrants further exploration as a tool that could help dissect relevant neurobiobehavioral groups in ASD. (via Semantic Scholar)