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Giannotti, Flavia; Cortesi, Flavia; Cerquiglini, Antonella; Miraglia, Daniela; Vagnoni, Cristina; Sebastiani, Teresa; Bernabei, Paola – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2008
This study investigated sleep of children with autism and developmental regression and the possible relationship with epilepsy and epileptiform abnormalities. Participants were 104 children with autism (70 non-regressed, 34 regressed) and 162 typically developing children (TD). Results suggested that the regressed group had higher incidence of…
Descriptors: Epilepsy, Autism, Sleep, Developmental Disabilities
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Liu, Xianchen; Hubbard, Julie A.; Fabes, Richard A.; Adam, James B. – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2006
This study examined sleep patterns, sleep problems, and their correlates in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Subjects consisted of 167 ASD children, including 108 with autistic disorder, 27 with Asperger's syndrome, and 32 with other diagnoses of ASD. Mean age was 8.8 years (SD = 4.2), 86% were boys. Parents completed a…
Descriptors: Sleep, Children, Asperger Syndrome, Autism