... between six and eight years, future research should increase the sample size of each age group and expand the ages to include nine year olds and beyond to better examine developmental changes. Third, for ASD children for whom explicit instruction does not function effectively, it is necessary to develop...

... of ASD are present in the first year of life. The early waves of prospective studies of infants with TSC indicate dynamic changes in developmental trajectories to ASD and are likely to provide insight into cascading effects of brain “insult” early in development. Emerging evidence of phenotypic...